ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61249
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 December 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  APNZ Fletcher FU-24-950M |
| Owner/operator: | Fieldair Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CRX |
| MSN: | 123 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Carterton, Wairarapa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft crashed while topdressing, Hinau Gully, northwest of Carterton and just over from Carrington.
Pilot Russ Truman was killed.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Newsletter 1980 No 1
Ross Kerr (2006) A Chronology of the Tararua & Rimutaka Ranges
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791206.2.21?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=100&query=plane&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=05-12-1979
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 16-May-2018 20:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Sep-2021 21:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Oct-2021 03:12 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Feb-2022 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Feb-2022 00:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 23-Feb-2022 08:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2023 05:36 | sooty59 | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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