ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 26
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 17-FEB-1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.104 Devon |
| Operator: | Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) |
| Registration: | NZ1815 |
| C/n / msn: | 04398 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Waitohi Valley, Tararua Ranges -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Base Ohakea |
| RNZAF Base Ohakea |
NZ1815 with the Flight Lieutenants Edward Casey and William Trott departed Ohakea at 0917 hours on a training flight. The last communication with the aircraft was at 1011 hours.
The wreck was located 3 days later just below the summit of Shingle Slip Knob, in the Waiohine Valley, Tararua Ranges.
It was presumed that NZ1815 had drifted off track and crashed while descending through cloud.
Sources:
adf-serials
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2008 19:59 | W.Fischdick | Added |
| 11-Sep-2008 23:21 | angels one five | Updated |
| 03-Jun-2009 15:00 | angels one five | Updated |
| 13-Mar-2010 10:36 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2010 00:20 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2010 14:44 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-May-2010 09:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 08-Mar-2012 10:12 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2013 01:30 | Kereru | Updated [Narrative] |
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