FORCED LANDING
Moth Biplane Damaged
' Dominion Special Service. AUCKLAND, October 19. A Moth biplane belonging to the Rotorua-Bay of Plenty . Aero Club, made a forced landing in a vacant section opposite the Rotorua aerodrome on Saturday afternoon after the engine had cut out through the petrol supply having inadvertently been turned off. The pilot, Mr. H. Boucher, escaped injury, and the passenger, Mr. E. Law, Cambridge, received only cuts to his forehead and shock. The undercarriage of the machine was wrenched off and there was superficial damage to the wings. Mr. Boucher's skilful handling of the machine prevented a more serious mishap. It is assumed that when the petrol tap was checked it was turned from the on position to the off. As a result when the reserve was exhausted the engine stopped. Faced ■with a forced landing from a low altitude, Mr. Boucher headed the plane for the vacant section across the Whakarewtirewa Road. The machine just failed to reach the section, the undercarriage striking a low bank on the roadway.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 21, 20 October 1941, Page 12
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