ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168257
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 August 2014 |
| Time: | 14:52 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Glenorchy Air |
| Registration: | ZK-DOJ |
| MSN: | 32-40638 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Poolburn Reservoir, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Queenstown-Frankton Airport (ZQN/NZQN) |
| 'Ben Ohau Station' Airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was killed and the two passengers seriously injured when this aircraft crashed about 20 km from Alexandra.
The aeroplane aerodynamically stalled while being manoeuvred at low level in the vicinity of an airstrip located on remote farmland. The stall occurred at a height that was insufficient to enable recovery before the aircraft struck the ground.
The pilot was carrying out a stock-clearing manoeuvre to move cattle that were on the airstrip, and was in the process of turning the aeroplane around at low level to perform a second pass over the airstrip to scare the livestock away before landing, when the accident occurred.
The following factors were found to have contributed to the accident:
- A northwesterly wind directly across the airstrip made low-level flying difficult, and required more space than normal for the pilot to turn the aeroplane around
- The pilot’s decision to turn downwind at low level, and towards higher ground without climbing, reduced terrain clearance and safety margins
- The pilot’s decision to continue the turn despite low terrain ahead, and to increase the angle of bank at a low airspeed, led to the aerodynamic stall.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission made the following findings:
- Pilot incapacitation was very unlikely to have been a contributing factor
- A mechanical or engine failure was very unlikely to have been a contributing factor
- The aeroplane stalled in a turn performed at low level during a stock-clearing manoeuvre
- The operator believed that stock clearing was permitted, but had no written guidelines and had not given its pilots flight training in the manoeuvre
- There was a lack of clarity on whether stock clearing was a permitted activity under the Civil Aviation Rules.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/251428/scenic-flights-suspended-after-crash
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/pilot-knew-the-area-well-24647239.html
https://www.taic.org.nz/sites/default/files/inquiry/documents/14-004%20Final.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 February 1991 | ZK-DOJ | United Aviation Ltd | 0 | Ngawihi Airstrip, Wairarapa | |
sub |
| 5 April 2007 | ZK-DOJ | Glenorchy Air | 0 | near Glenorchy, Otago | |
min |
Images:
Miford Sound 8Apr2013
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2014 08:39 | angels one five | Added |
| 05-Aug-2014 08:53 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Plane category] |
| 05-Aug-2014 11:18 | flyernzl | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Photo, ] |
| 05-Aug-2014 14:51 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2014 06:34 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 30-Aug-2020 11:09 | JMW69 | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Aug-2020 11:10 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 03-Feb-2022 00:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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