ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62629
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 February 1970 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150D |
| Owner/operator: | Otago Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-CGI |
| MSN: | 150-60711 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Lake Duncan, Fiordland NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | NZTI |
| Lake Duncan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
19year old student pilot Robert Bakhuis stole the aircraft from Otago Aeroclub's hanger in the early hours of February 3rd, 1970. Over a two and a-half hour period there were sightings of the aircraft as Bakhuis headed southwest on a erratic course before ditching the aircraft intentionally into Lake Duncan, Fiordland and going into self exile in an attempt to avoid previous charges imposed by Dunedin Magistrate's Court relating to unlawfully taking vehicles and theft. Subsequently after two years in hiding Bakhuis turned himself in to the police and advised the location of the submerged aircraft which was eventually salvaged and restored to a flyable condition. The Cessna is now on display at the Classic Flyers Museum in Tauranga, New Zealand
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident Files, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 120. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/dunedin/mystery-still-surrounds-dunedin-mans-disappearance-and-daring-flight/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 April 1976 | ZK-CGI | South Otago Aero Club | Balclutha, Otago | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 23-May-2009 21:50 | XLerate | Updated |
| 02-Mar-2020 06:54 | CANCES | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2022 18:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 29-Jan-2022 19:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 05-Feb-2022 00:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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