Invercargill – Christchurch

On August 25, 1948 at 12:00 AM, Invercargill – Christchurch experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth, operated by Private New Zealand, with the event recorded near Oamaru Otago Regional Council.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising in foggy conditions, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed into the sea near the Waitaki River mouth, northeast of Oamaru. The dead body of the pilot and owner A. J. McIntosh was found on a beach a week later, on September 1st, 1948. Some debris of the aircraft were also found.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZK-AJW, MSN 2046, year of manufacture 1930.