Britten-Norman Islander crash, Dec 28, 2006, Tauranga
Britten-Norman Islander accident on December 28, 2006 near Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, New Zealand with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel...
- Date: December 28, 2006
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Regional Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion. An earlier electrical defect had disabled the tip tank selector valves, so the engines were fed from the tip tanks only and ran dry. The defect had not been inspected or repaired before the flights.
An Islander being ferried from Tauranga to a Hamilton maintenance base lost one engine, then the second after turning back. The pilot made a forced landing into a tidal estuary. The aircraft was substantially damaged at the nose gear, and no one was injured.