De Havilland DHC8 ZK-NEB.

Summary

On 30 October 2010 at about 04:00 local time, a De Havilland DHC8 registered ZK-NEB., operated by Air Nelson, was involved in an incident near Blenheim, New Zealand. 49 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 October 2010 at 04:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Blenheim, New Zealand

Nearest airport

Blenheim (NZWB)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

De Havilland DHC8

Registration

ZK-NEB.

Operator

Air Nelson

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Blenheim → Wellington

Aircraft damage

Minor

NTSB number

WPR11WA164

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 20, 2010, at 0400 universal coordinated time, a de Havilland Canada, DHC-8-300, ZK-NEB, experienced a nose gear collapse after landing at Blenheim Airport, New Zealand. The airplane was operated by Air Nelson Ltd, as a commercial passenger flight, with an original departure point of Wellington. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of New Zealand. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of New Zealand. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Transport Accident Investigation Commission 11 Cigna House 40 Mercer Street P.O. Box 10-323 Wellington 6143 New Zealand Phone: (64) 4-473-3112 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (64) 4-499-1510 Website: http://www.taic.org.nz

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.