Serious incident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 ZK-NES,
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Date:Monday 28 August 2023
Time:10:06 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8C model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:Air New Zealand
Registration: ZK-NES
MSN: 641
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:near Brynderwyn, Northland -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Whangarei Airport (WRE/NZWR)
Destination airport:Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA)
Investigating agency: TAIC
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Air New Zealand flight NZ8221, a DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 (ZK-NES), and a Beechcraft 76 Duchess (ZK-JED), were involved in an airprox incident near Brynderwyn, New Zealand.

ZK-NES, enroute from Whangarei to Auckland, and ZK-JED, enroute from Auckland to Whangarei, were on reciprocal tracks when the close proximity event occurred. The crew of ZK-NES took avoiding action. There was no collision, no damage, and nobody was injured.

Sources:

https://www.taic.org.nz/inquiry/ao-2023-008
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/zk-nes#31c76234
https://www.flightradar24.com/2023-08-27/22:06/2x/-36.08,174.58/13

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Aug-2023 06:11 harro Added
31-Aug-2023 06:13 harro Updated
18-Sep-2023 01:43 Ron Averes Updated

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