The one-off Morgan 10 Cheyenne aircraft was a 15 metre span motor glider powered by an 80 HP Jabiru 2200 engine. The fibreglass wings were constructed using foam ribs and the cockpit/engine mount/undercarriage mounts were connected by a steel frame.
The aircraft was registered VH-NZJ in Australia on 22/1/14 and its first flight was in May 2016 with an 18 metre 4-piece wing which was later replaced with a 15 metre wing.
Garry Morgan returned back to New Zealand in 2017 with the aircraft being cancelled from the Australian Civil Register on 17/2/17.
ZK-CZJ c/n GFA/AB/150 was registered to Garry Morgan of Renwick, New Zealand, on 7/8/17 as an Amateur Built Aircraft with a MAUW of 698 Kg.
The aircraft didn’t last very long on the New Zealand Register as on 31 December 2017 it suffered a major wing failure when flying over the Blairich Range South of Blenheim. The aircraft spiralled down and impacted on a steep slope with only minor injuries to the two occupants who walked to the top of the range and called for help by cellphone. The aircraft was fitted with a ballistic parachute but it could not be fired because the wing had folded over it.
It was cancelled from the New Zealand Civil Register on 18/1/18.
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