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Date: | Saturday 4 August 1962 |
Time: | |
Type: | Bensen B8M |
Owner/operator: | D Malcolm-Smith |
Registration: | Unreg |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | Ardmore Aerodrome, Auckland -
New Zealand
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:pilot David Malcolm-Smith. Gyrocopter being towed by vehicle, rope snapped and gyrocopter landed heavily damaging the rotor blades.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. Press, 6 August 1962
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
13-Jul-2020 00:32 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Registration] |
23-Jan-2022 02:46 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
13-Mar-2022 06:48 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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