| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | mardi 26 mars 1968 |
| Heure: | 08:05 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Compagnie: | Airland (NZ) |
| Immatriculation: | ZK-CMX |
| Numéro de série: | 18-2595 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1943 |
| Heures de vol: | 7364 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 1 / à bord: 1 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Waewaepa Range ( Nouvelle-Zélande)
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| Phase de vol: | En cours de manoeuvre (MNV) |
| Nature: | Travaux Agricoles |
| Aéroport de départ: | Oringi Airport, Nouvelle-Zélande |
| Oringi Airport, Nouvelle-Zélande |
The aircraft was engaged in an operation involving the aerial sowing of bulk fertiliser. The Lodestar had made a straight sowing run after which it was seen to cross a ridge. It turned slightly to starboard and followed the line of the ridge before entering a comparatively steep left-hand turn apparently initiated to bring it back toward a suitable position from which another sowing run could be started. When about two-thirds of the turn had been completed, the aircraft was seen to flick suddenly into a left-hand spin which continued very rapidly for one and a half to two and a half turns until the aircraft impacted on bush-clad terrain near the top of the ridge it had formerly crossed, exploded, disintegrated and burned.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted from irretrievable loss of control occasioned by the unintentional incurrence of a stall and spin in conditions of turbulence and at a height which did not permit recovery before the aircraft struck the ground."
Sources:
» Aircraft Accident Report No. 1837 Lockheed 18-56 LODESTAR ZK-CMX Waewaepa Range 26 March 1968Photos
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