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| Date: | Saturday 3 October 2020 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: | DG Flugzeugbau DG-1000S |
| Owner/operator: | Gliding Manawatu |
| Registration: | ZK-GDG |
| MSN: | 10-2S2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | near Feilding, Manawatu 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Feilding Airport (NZFI) |
| Feilding Airport (NZFI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Glider entered IMC and narrowly avoided colliding with terrain. Video surfaced of the near miss and is currently under investigation by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Sources:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/civil-aviation-authority-appealing-info-video-glider-appearing-lose-control?fbclid=IwAR14L-WrNzdCFL13NoiQsfpaFRDySrFW4cfEuXXk3_lLmp2cnM001KjaCcQ
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/ZKGDG
Images:
Feilding (NZFI) - 31 Aug 2019
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Nov-2020 08:49 | CANCES | Added |
| 21-Nov-2020 19:24 | WMJ69 | Updated [Time, Photo, ] |
| 09-Oct-2021 02:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 13-Feb-2022 02:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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