Date:	Saturday 27 July 1974
Time:
Type:	Maule M-5-210C
Owner/operator:	Aero Maintenance Ltd
Registration:	ZK-DYA
MSN:	6014C
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Matemateaonga Range, Taranaki -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Ardmore
Destination airport:	Gore
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Two Maule M-5s were being ferried from Ardmore to Gore. Following the Wanganui River south of Taumarunui, the lead pilot diverted to the east due to weather, but the other pilot Roy Courtney continued and disappeared.
Pig hunters found the wreckage on 6 November 1978. The aircraft had flown into a slope in level flight, shearing off the wings between two trees. The pilot had suffered serious head injuries and multiple fractures.

1. Civil Air Accident Files, Archives New Zealand
2. John King, 1995, Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Grantham House. p. 126. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. Aircraft Accident Report No. 74-085 (2)
4. AHSNZ, 1978, Newsletter No 8.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
24-May-2009 23:14	XLerate	Updated
16-May-2018 05:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2021 05:27	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
25-Jan-2022 07:37	Ron Averes	Updated [Source]
28-Jan-2022 22:57	Ron Averes	Updated [Source]
28-Jan-2022 22:58	Ron Averes	Updated [Source]