ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75790
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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 2008 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: | Airborne Outback |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-WYN |
| MSN: | 861 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Riversdale, Southland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Riversdale |
| Riversdale | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On the flight that resulted in the accident, the pilot was on a paper chase exercise overhead the location of a fly-in. This exercise involved dropping a toilet paper roll from 1600 feet agl, and then attempting to intercept and cut the paper stream during the descent. On this flight the paper was cut twice and the aircraft was completing a turn for the third intercept when the aircraft was observed to pitch up steeply, enter a tailslide, and then tumble forward. After two rotations in the tumble, the wing was observed to fail upward on the left outboard side. The aircraft completed a further tumble rotation, and then entered a flat spin to the left. At this point the right wing
was seen to fold upwards at approxamitly two thirds the wing span. The aircraft did not recover, descending rapidly in a flat attitude until it impacted with the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.caa.govt.nz/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK-WYN_Fatal.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Jul-2010 10:50 | harro | Added |
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