- Date
- October 30, 2010, 04:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Blenheim, New Zealand
- Injuries
- 49 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- ZK-NEB.De Havilland DHC8
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Transport Accident Investigation Commission - NZ
- Case key
- 78543
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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. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual 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: inquiries@taic.org.nz Fax: (64) 4-499-1510 Website: http://www.taic.org.nz
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-NEB.
- Reported as
- De Havilland DHC8 (300)
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Operator
- Air Nelson
- Registered owner
- Air Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- NZWB · Blenheim
- Destination
- Wellington
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- NZWB · Blenheim
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 1, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 66 KB in all.