ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46374
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| Date: | Sunday 28 February 1999 |
| Time: | 14:55 |
| Type: | Kolb Twinstar Mark-II |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-JGW |
| MSN: | 2456 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Te Puke, Bay of Plenty 2 -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was on a local flight from his father's farm at Paengaroa and was seen circling over a relative's house south of Te Puke. The aircraft then made a low, slow, steep turn over an adjacent property. From the turn, the aircraft entered a vertical dive from which it did not recover. The pilot's instructor had not been made aware of his intentions to fly that day and was therefore unable to supervise the flight as required by the procedures of the Recreational Aircraft Association of New Zealand. The pilot was not certified to act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft carrying passengers. The pilot flew below the minimum height permitted by the Civil Aviation Rules. The most likely cause of the accident was poor handling of the aircraft by the pilot while trying to manoeuvre at low level.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NZ Herald - Microlight crash kills pilot and passenger
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Mar-2009 00:44 | XLerate | Updated |
| 07-Oct-2021 00:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Feb-2022 01:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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