ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333918
| Date: | Wednesday 4 November 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Sunderland MR.5 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force - RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ4111 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Te Whanga Lagoon, Chatham Island -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
After offloading passengers and cargo, the aircraft was taxiing to the start of the take-off run when the fuselage hit an uncharted rock. Although the aircraft was able to be beached under its own power, damage was so severe that the Sunderland never flew again.
Sources:
theflyingboatforum.forumlaunch.net
pacificwrecks.com
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