ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62518
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| Date: | Monday 23 November 1970 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  APNZ Fletcher FU-24 Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | Farmers Aerial Topdressing Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CTH |
| MSN: | 127 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Burwood Station, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Te Anau NZMO |
| Winton, Southland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
This agricultural aircraft was on a positioning flight when it crashed in tussock-covered hill country. The wreckage was not found until the next day. Location is near Mossburn.
The pilot John Blair Leith and loader driver Ivan Stuart Caldwell lost their lives.
R.I.P.
ZK-CTH was cancelled from the register in Dec.1970.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
NZ Register
http://skyviking.net/svwp/?p=412
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-Apr-2014 15:30 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2015 07:35 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants] |
| 31-Oct-2018 18:14 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 18:32 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2018 10:32 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 20:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 05-Feb-2022 22:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2022 00:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Feb-2022 01:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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