# NTSB SEA05WA046: Piper PA-34-200T, Taupo, New Zealand, February 2, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 2, 2005
- Place: Taupo, New Zealand
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 60972
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05WA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/60972/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05WA046

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZK-FMW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Piper PA-34-200T
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Christian Aviation Ltd., doing business as Christian Aviation Ltd.
- Departed: Kerikeri
- Destination: Taupo
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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