AIRMAN CHARGED
ECHO OF ACCIDENT
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, This Day.
In the Magistrate's Court before Mr. W. H. Freeman, S.M., Roy Champion Kean, Inspector of Civil Aviation, proceeded against John Bradshaw oh, four charges. The first was that on December 30 at Invercargill he failed to satisfy himself before commencing a flight that the aircraft was satisfactorily loaded for the flight; secondly, that the conditions governing ttie certificate of airworthiness for the DH Fox Moth aeroplane had not been complied with;. thirdly, that he flew an aeroplane in which the total weight exceeded 21161b laid down in the certificate of airworthiness; and fourthly, that he used an unlicensed landing place at Big Bay while carrying passengers for hire. The defendant pleaded not guilty to all four charges.
Mr. Kean also proceeded against the Southland Aero Club as owner of the aeroplane involved for failure to notify an accident by telegram to the Controller of Civil Aviation as soon as possible. Evidence was. hoard from Mr. Kean and John Smith, a pilot of the local aero club, and the Court then adjourned for lunch. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 62, 10 September 1937, Page 10
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