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| Date: | Sunday 8 March 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 150M Commuter |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-DOB |
| MSN: | 15075885 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Motueka, Nelson -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brightwater |
| Motueka Airport (MZP/NZMK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Cessna 150M was flying to Motueka, South Island, from Brightwater, near Nelson to meet some fellow pilots when the aircraft ran out of fuel and had to make an emergency landing on a sandbar in Motueka. Before the sandbar got flooded with water, the pilot managed to get some fuel from a friend via helicopter and managed to take off from the sandbar.
Sources:
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/nelson-pilot-runs-out-of-fuel-mid-flight-lands-on-sandbar.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2020 07:58 | Spitfirepilot19 | Added |
| 08-Mar-2020 07:59 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2020 10:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Mar-2020 17:59 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-Mar-2020 11:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage, ] |
| 09-Mar-2020 18:41 | RobertMB | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 17-Jul-2020 12:46 | flyernzl | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 20-Oct-2020 06:33 | JMW69 | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 09-Oct-2021 03:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jan-2022 07:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 18:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
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