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| Date: | Friday 7 May 1965 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Piper PA-23-160 Apache F |
| Owner/operator: | Golden Coast Airlines Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BYB |
| MSN: | 23-1828 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Westport Aerodrome, West Coast -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Westport NZWS |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: N W Faircloth
Failed take off. The plane came to rest on its nose.
No injuries reported.
Aircraft repaired.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
https://westcoast.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/16599
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 March 1969 | ZK-BYB | Aztec Air Ltd | 5 | Mt Patutu, Seaward Kaikoura Range | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 15-Mar-2017 00:27 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 31-May-2018 07:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 27-Jul-2020 23:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 31-Jan-2022 00:53 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 07-Feb-2022 04:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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