ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88100
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 March 1994 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Wairapa Airlines |
| Registration: | ZK-PKC |
| MSN: | 31-7405207 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Christchurch Airport, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Christchurch International Airport, Harewood, NZ (CHC/NZCH) |
| Palmerston North, Milson, NZ ((PMR/NZPM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ex-N66928, HB-LEN, OY-ASC (1976), G-BXBX (13 December 1977 to 6 March 1981), N350SC (March 1981): To ZK-PKC 30 July 1981.
On the 8th of March 1994 the leased Wairarapa Airlines Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain ZK-PKC made a wheels up landing at Christchurch. After taking off from Christchurch for its flight back to Palmerston North the undercarriage did not successfully retract. After burning off fuel the aircraft successfully landed without bodily injury. Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: David Selwyn Atkinson.
Aircraft Repaired: sold on to Brindabella Airlines in Australia in September 1997 and re-registered as VH-TAR. Sold on seven times since (all in Australia) and still currently registered in March 2009
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://www.scramble.nl/civil-database/details?bt=pa&af=1785
3. http://www.oy-reg.dk/register/609.html
4. http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/ZK-PKC.html
5. http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/united-aviation-late-1990s-lower-north.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 21-Jun-2013 17:26 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2015 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Source, Damage] |
| 30-Apr-2015 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Oct-2017 22:09 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2020 10:35 | Anon. | Updated [Date] |
| 25-Jan-2022 06:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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