ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46300
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| Date: | Friday 15 December 2000 |
| Time: | 14:40 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-2A |
| Owner/operator: | Biplane Adventures |
| Registration: | ZK-PTO |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wanaka, Otago -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft crashed just south of the airfield while carrying out an aerobatic joyride flight. The aircraft was seen to do a stall turn that turned into a spin from which it did not recover. The pilot was a highly experienced aerobatic pilot. There was no evidence to indicate that there was any failure of the airframe or engine. It has not been possible, from the evidence presented, to determine a definite or likely cause for this accident.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NZ Herald - Two die in stunt-plane crash near airfield
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-Apr-2009 02:34 | XLerate | Updated |
| 04-Feb-2022 22:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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