FORCED LANDING MADE
PLANE DOWN ON BEACH NO INJURY OR DAMAGE (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, April 20. A forced landing was made safely by a Waikato Aero Club Tiger Moth plane piloted by Mr. W. Christopherson on Marokopa Beach, about 30 miles south of Kawhia, about 6 p.m. yesterday. Widespread inquiries were made in the King Country by Flying Control, Hamilton, before the machine was discovered. En route to Rukuhia from Palmerston North, the machine was heard over Karioi at 5 p.m. When he ran into bad weather near Te Kuiti Mr. Christopherson decided to fly along the coast to Raglan, but with darkness closing in he landed at Marokopa.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22616, 20 April 1948, Page 6
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