ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73924
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 11-APR-2010 |
| Time: | ~1pm LT |
| Type: | Nanchang CJ-6A (Yak-18A) |
| Operator: | Omaka Real Flying Club |
| Registration: | ZK-JQS |
| C/n / msn: | 3832020 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | None |
| Location: | E of Blenheim -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Omaka Airport (NZOM) |
| Omaka Airport (NZOM) |
The Nanchang CJ-6A made a successful emergency landing after a technical failure on a four-wheel drive track near Marlborough's Wairau Bar at the mouth of the Wairau River, east of Blenheim. Pilot and passenger OK and another pilot flew the plane back to Omaka airfield shortly after midday Monday after a takeoff path had been cleared through the scrub.
Sources:
1. http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/plane-returns-base-after-bumpy-emergency-landing/5/44741
2. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Nanchang-CJ-6A/1360917/L (photo)
3. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/3574339/Warbird-retrieved-from-Wairau-Bar
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Apr-2010 07:20 | RobertMB | Added |
| 12-Apr-2010 19:15 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2011 11:16 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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