TWO PLANES DAMAGED
TROUBLE WHEN LANDING
ONE SUCCOURING THE OTHER.
OCCUPANTS ESCAPE INJURY.
SOUTH AUCKLAND ACCIDENTS.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night.
Two aeroplanes were extensively damaged in accidents to-day four miles from Maraetai.
A privately-owned Moth machine piloted by its owner, Mr. Marni Kerry, was compelled to make a forced landing owing to engine trouble. The machine struck the side of a hill and capsized. The propeller was broken off and the lower wings were damaged and the undercarriage wrecked. The pilot and a passenger, Mr. R. G. Tapenden, escaped injury. Another aeroplane, a de Soutter monoplane owned and piloted by Mr. S. Blackmore, Hamilton, with Messrs. W. Sexton, captain of the Auckland Aero Club, and I. Lambert as passengers, left Mangere to render assistance to Mr. Kerry. Landing near the damaged machine they also met trouble. The machine landed, hit a bump in the ground, rose again and then came to earth on its nose. The under-carriage was damaged and the propeller tips broken. No injury was suffered by the occupants.
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Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1934, Page 7
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