ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61664
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| Date: | Sunday 26 December 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Schleicher K 8B |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GEK |
| MSN: | 8543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Waharoa, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Matamata (NZMA) |
| Matamata (NZMA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Substantially damaged when crashed near near Waharoa, 40 km WSW Tauranga, New Zealand on 26/12/1976 (pilot J E Faris). Repaired and returned to service; written off in a later crash at Drury, NZ on 1/4/1992.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
http://rcawsey.co.uk/K8.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 December 1983 | ZK-GEK | Auckland Gliding Club | 0 | near Waharoa, Waikato | |
sub |
| 13 April 1988 | ZK-GEK | Auckland Gliding Club | 0 | near Drury Airfield, Auckland | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 04-Jun-2011 02:53 | karaka29211 | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 04-Jun-2011 23:53 | karaka | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 22-Sep-2011 08:56 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 16-Dec-2012 13:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 04:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2020 07:33 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 15:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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