ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58649
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| Date: | Monday 9 February 2009 |
| Time: | 13:58 |
| Type: | Airborne Edge XT-912 |
| Owner/operator: | Tasman Sky Adventures |
| Registration: | ZK-DGZ |
| MSN: | XT-912-0243 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gibbs Hill, Abel Tasman NP, Nelson -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Motueka Aerodrome |
| Motueka Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A microlight with pilot and one passenger crashed during a sight-seeing tour over Takaka. When the pair did not return a search located the wing of the trike in the evening and the crash site, 50m away in dense bush, was located at 8:30am the next morning. East side of Gibbs Hill, Abel Tasman National Park. Police named the occupants as 44-year-old Alex Charles from Motueka, and a Dutch tourist, 36-y-o Steven Eckhart.
It is likely that the microlight was inadvertently flown into a localised zone of turbulent conditions and rotor winds. The breakup of the microlight was consistent with it being subjected to aerodynamic forces that exceeded its structural design limitations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NZ Herald - Police name dead microlight pilot
2. CAA NZ Accident Report
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Feb-2009 20:59 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Feb-2009 23:14 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Feb-2009 10:28 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Feb-2009 23:50 | angels one five | Updated |
| 11-Feb-2009 00:29 | angels one five | Updated |
| 10-Apr-2012 11:19 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2021 03:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2022 07:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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