ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63600
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| Date: | Saturday 8 June 1957 |
| Time: | c. 0920 |
| Type: |  Auster J/1B Aiglet |
| Owner/operator: | Mount Cook Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BDL |
| MSN: | 3116 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Fairlie, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot Ramon Exton (22).
R.I.P.
Location given as Lochaber Station, near Fairlie.
The Auster dived into the ground and burned while on a poison-bait sowing operation over hilly country.
Examination of the wreckage found nothing that could account for a loss of control of the aircraft.
It is believed that the pilot may have lost consciousness in the air.
Carbon monoxide poisoning was ruled out, but it was revealed during the crash investigation that the pilot had confided to a friend that he had experienced a brief " period of oblivion " whilst flying about a month before the accident.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Civil Aircraft Accident Report No. 25/3/846.
2. www.skyviking.net/svwp/?p=412
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 27-May-2011 03:05 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2011 05:32 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-May-2013 11:03 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 11-Aug-2020 07:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2022 18:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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