Date:	Friday 5 March 1965
Time:
Type:	Cessna U206 Super Skywagon f/p
Owner/operator:	Ritchie Air Services Ltd
Registration:	ZK-CHQ
MSN:	U206-00314
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Lake McKerrow, Fiordland NP -   New Zealand
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
pilot I Ritchie. Tipped over by large wave when landing to pick up a group of hunters. Pilot wet but uninjured.

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. http://3rdlevelnz.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/shower-of-spray-and-were-away-nz.html
3. John King, 1995, New Zealand Tragedies Aviation Accidents and Disasters, Grantham House.

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


21 December 1965	ZK-CHQ	Ritchie Air Services Ltd	0	Lake Gunn, Fiordland NP		sub
17 March 1974	ZK-CHQ	Mount Cook Air Services Ltd		Lake Alabaster, Fiordland NP		sub

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
17-Jul-2016 11:13	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, ]
02-Aug-2020 21:08	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Aug-2020 21:29	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
30-Jan-2022 21:20	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
31-Jan-2022 06:25	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
05-Feb-2022 01:12	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]