ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 194504
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| Date: | Sunday 2 April 2017 |
| Time: | c. 10:00 |
| Type: |  Rans S-6ES Coyote II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-TJE |
| MSN: | 02991305 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Kaka Point, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | airstrip NW of Balclutha |
| airstrip NW of Balclutha | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the morning of 2 April 2017 the microlight aircraft departed the pilot’s home airstrip, situated nine nautical miles northwest of Balclutha, for a local scenic flight. Approximately an hour after take-off, ZK-TJE stalled1 in a turn at low level over farmland, one and a half nautical miles east of Glenomaru. There was not enough height for the pilot to recover from the stall before the aircraft struck the ground. Neither the pilot nor passenger survived the accident.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) safety investigation identified the following key factors contributing to the incident:
- The pilot was manoeuvring the aircraft below minimum altitude for VFR flight
- The pilot did not have the training or experience to mitigate the risks involved in low-level flying
- A weather front was passing through the area at the time the accident occurred
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.caa.govt.nz/assets/legacy/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK-TJE-fatal.pdf
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/91112703/microlight-crash-in-the-catlins
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11830355
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/balclutha-couple-die-microlight-crash
http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2012/05/rego-swap-zk-oac-zk-wal.html
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53fb994de4b0a52701b61085/t/57ca7faa5016e14621506d47/1472888758245/OAC+newsletter+September+2016.pdf
http://www.airframes.org/reg/zkoac
http://m.regosearch.com/aircraft/nz/TJE
Location
Images:
ZK-OAC became ZK-TJE in September 2016. At Taieri 26Oct2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2017 05:02 | Geno | Added |
| 02-Apr-2017 05:12 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 02-Apr-2017 06:12 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 02-Apr-2017 22:51 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source] |
| 03-Apr-2017 06:22 | flyernzl | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 30-Aug-2019 06:19 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Aug-2019 06:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 15-Feb-2022 08:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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