ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88223
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 April 1988 |
| Time: | 11:55 |
| Type: |  Schleicher K 8B |
| Owner/operator: | Auckland Gliding Club |
| Registration: | ZK-GEK |
| MSN: | 8543 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Drury Airfield, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | NZDY (?) |
| NZDY (?) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Accident/incident investigated by TAIC NZ. Pilot: William Raymond O'Hara. Returning from a downwind position the pilot attempted to reach the threshold by joining on an oblique base leg. Sink was encountered and during a landing in an adjacent paddock, the tailplane struck a fence.
Aircraft repaired.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZGK Apr/May 1990
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 December 1976 | ZK-GEK | Auckland Gliding Club | 0 | near Waharoa, Waikato | |
sub |
| 29 December 1983 | ZK-GEK | Auckland Gliding Club | 0 | near Waharoa, Waikato | |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 25-May-2011 01:57 | karaka | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 10-Jul-2011 22:23 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 27-Jul-2011 19:06 | karaka | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 22-Sep-2011 11:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2021 19:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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