ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 167740
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 February 1942 |
| Time: | 12:05 |
| Type: |  North American Harvard Mark II |
| Owner/operator: | 2 SFTS RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ929 |
| MSN: | 66-2742 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNZAF Woodbourne , Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RNZAF Woodbourne |
| RNZAF Woodbourne |
LAC H.W.B. Patterson (pilot u/t) at No.2 Service Flying Training School had been authorized to carry out solo practice precautionary landings on the aerodrome. 18/02/1942
On the last of the approaches the Harvard was thought by witnesses to be flying a little too slowly.
The aircraft was flared too high and the right wing dipped causing a touchdown with the right wheel first. This was followed by a bounce and the Harvard touched down again, this time on both main wheels. It left the ground again and the pilot applied full power, with a witness saying that the plane " staggered " to about 30 feet above the ground where a full stall occurred with the aircraft rolling to the right and crashing just short of the aerodrome boundary.
The Harvard went through the boundary fence and disappeared down a stopbank.
Helpers were soon on the scene, where they found the Harvard was beginning to burn and the pilot was sitting concussed in the cockpit.
The pilot was taken to a hospital where his condition was later reported to be " satisfactory ".
The RNZAF investigation into the crash found it was primarily due to the pilot's inexperience in flying and directed that the Flying Log Book of Leading Aircraftman H.W.B. Patterson be endorsed with the entry : " Error of judgement due to inexperience."
Sources:
RNZAF official documents.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jul-2014 00:30 | angels one five | Added |
| 03-Jul-2014 00:49 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Jul-2014 01:08 | angels one five | Updated [Cn] |
| 06-Jul-2014 21:46 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 12-Mar-2015 05:54 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 06-Dec-2016 07:56 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 20:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2020 22:20 | angels one five | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2020 10:34 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jan-2022 04:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 08-Feb-2024 12:06 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
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