- Date
- November 6, 2025, 14:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Rotorua, New Zealand
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZK-VASDe Havilland DHC3
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- P&W Flight Safety
- Case key
- 202055
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-VAS
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney R-1340-S1H1-G, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- PB & DV Holdings Limited
- Registered owner
- PB & DV Holdings Limited