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Date: | Monday 26 February 1990 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper J-3C-65 Cub |
Owner/operator: | |
Registration: | ZK-ARG |
MSN: | 8007 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Spirits Bay, Northland -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Kerikeri |
Destination airport: | Kaitaia |
Narrative:Second use of this registration. Aircraft participating in air rally suffered engine failure and ditched near Cape Reinga. Pilot and passenger swam to shore, aircraft sank, but was later salvaged for spare parts.
Sources:
1. David Wise NZ Register
2. John King, 1994, New Zealand Tragedies, Aviation Accidents & Disasters, Grantham House
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