ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 338127
| Date: | Sunday 13 May 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | Union Airways |
| Registration: | ZK-AHU |
| MSN: | 18-2490 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Auckland-Mangere Aerodrome (AKL) -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Auckland-Mangere Aerodrome (AKL/NZAA) |
The aircraft was stolen from the hangar by a 19 year old apprentice aircraft engineer who had been turned down for pilot training by the RNZAF.
Although he knew enough to get the aircraft started and take off, he mistook the throttle for the undercarriage lever and the aircraft veered into a line of trees and caught fire.
Sources:
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
NZDF-SERIALS Australian & New Zealand Military Aircraft Serials & History
Location
Images:
photo (c) Gpermann; Auckland-Mangere Aerodrome (AKL); May 1945
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