| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 22, 1954 |
| Time: | 0923 |
| Location: | Paraparaumu, New Zealand |
| Operator: | New Zealand National Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Churchchrist - Paraparaumu |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | ZK-AQT |
| cn / ln: | 15948/32696 |
| Aboard: | 28 (passengers:26 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:3 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed onto a roadway from a height of 500 ft. and into a clump of trees.The crew used the wrong fuel selection configueration and the engines failed due to fuel starvation. |
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