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Date: | Thursday 9 August 1973 |
Time: | |
Type: | Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee C |
Owner/operator: | Canterbury Aero Club |
Registration: | ZK-CIM |
MSN: | 28-1889 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | Craigieburn Range, Canterbury -
New Zealand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Aircraft on private sightseeing flight to Porter Heights skifield, Craigieburn Range. On second attempt to fly up the valley towards Coleridge Pass (covered in cloud) , the aircraft began to lose height. Despite application of full power the aircraft continued to sink, and the pilot intentionally stalled the aircraft, crash landing on a spur below the skifield carpark. All five occupants were injured and the aircraft badly damaged.
Sources:
1.
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333 2. NZ MOT, 1974, Flight Safety, Vol 2 No 3
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-May-2009 12:58 |
XLerate |
Added |
01-Mar-2020 08:07 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
03-Feb-2022 01:40 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
03-Feb-2022 02:40 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |