ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62514
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| Date: | Friday 4 December 1970 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Cookson Airspread Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BZM |
| MSN: | 25-2364 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nuhaka, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Farm airstrip |
| Farm airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Richard Arthur Barton, found seriously injured and died one week later.
RIP.
Location: 4.5 miles north west pf Nuhaka.
ZK-BZM failed to return from the fifth sortie of the day. The loader driver saw a pall of smoke and upon investigating found the plane wrecked on a hillside about 1.25 miles from the airstrip.
The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire. The pilot had been thrown clear but died later from his injuries.
The crash occurred at a point on a direct line between the 'strip and the sowing area.
The Chief Inspector of Air Accidents concluded his report with the following :
" 2.2.2. Assigned cause - The accident was caused by a loss of control - due to stalling in a turn initiated within restricted air space to avoid collision with elevated terrain - at a height which precluded recovery before the aircraft struck the ground. "
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aircraft Accident Report No. 2178
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 10-Mar-2016 19:16 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2022 04:09 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2022 04:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Feb-2022 05:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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