- 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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