ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61943
Last updated: 22 May 2013
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| Date: | 31-JAN-1975 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Operator: | Waikato Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-DFG |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | |
| Location: | Motueka -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | |
| Motueka |
The pilot P J Gauden determined there was insufficient distance to stop while landing at Motueka, and applied full throttle to go around, but the aircraft stalled while climbing away and crashed into the roof of a house. Nobody was injured.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident File 25/3/75-018, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 144. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 26-May-2009 23:06 | XLerate | Updated |
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