# NTSB WPR11WA164: De Havilland DHC8, Blenheim, New Zealand, October 30, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 30, 2010, 04:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place: Blenheim, New Zealand
- Location: 41.5183° S, 173.8700° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Woodbourne Airport (NZWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-41.5183&lon=173.8700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 49 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transport Accident Investigation Commission - NZ
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78543
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR11WA164
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78543/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78543
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11WA164

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## 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. (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 1, 2011, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=78543. 66 KB in all.

- Non Docket Statement (item 1, .PDF, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40346001&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Non%20Docket%20Statement-Master.PDF

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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