ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62624
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| Date: | Monday 24 March 1969 |
| Time: | c. 0725 |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Manawatu Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BJD |
| MSN: | 31245 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Linton, Manawatu 2 -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Feilding Aerodrome, NZFI |
| Farm airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Anthony Bruce Court.
Passenger: Edward Adlam Barber.
R.I.P.
Location: I. H Argyle property, Scotts Road, Linton.
The Cessna departed its base at Feilding for an airstrip in the Linton area where an aerial topdressing operation was to be carried out.
The flying weather was cloudy with a vis. of about 10 miles. The cloud cover at Linton was 6/8 with the cloud base 400-500 feet above the average ground level.
The aircraft was seen to make a fast approach on the downwind leg of the landing pattern, pulling up into a climbing turn to the left with the starboard wing tip merging with the cloud layer.
The plane then descended in a dive on an almost reciprocal heading to the downwind leg.
While recovering from the dive, and in a level attitude laterally, the plane struck rising ground, lofted into the air, and broke up over a considerable distance. The crash destroyed the aircraft. A fire broke out in the starboard wing when fuel from the ruptured tank was ignited by arcing from electrical wiring. Owing to the separation of the wing the fire was confined to that part of the aircraft.
Both occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.
A witness on the ground confirmed that the engine was running normally right up until the first ground impact.
The CG was calculated to be within limits.
Among the conclusions of the accident investigator's report:
" (c) Immediately prior to impact the entire aircraft was in an airworthy
condition and its engine delivering power normally.
(d) At the top of the climbing turn made shortly before the accident
occurred, the aircraft was banked comparatively steeply and at the
commencement of an ensuing dive a predictable and commensurately steep pitch-down of the nose occurred.
(f) In attempting to recover from the dive the pilot was influenced to apply upward elevator to an extent which resulted in incurrence of a high-speed stall and the aircraft continuing to " squash " downward .
(h) Prevailing cloud and natural light conditions may have been factors contributing toward occurrence of the accident."
The aircraft was fitted with dual controls and the loader driver passenger, Edward Barber, was the holder of a Commercial Pilot Licence. It was therefore not possible to be certain who was flying the plane at the time of the crash.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333\\r\\nAircraft Accident Report No. 1970.
NZ Register.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1962 | ZK-BJD | Manawatu Aerial Topdressing Co Ltd | 0 | Waipawa, Hawke's Bay | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 22-Dec-2010 06:02 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Location, Damage, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2011 01:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 13-Jun-2011 02:08 | angels one five | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-May-2013 11:58 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 02:08 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2022 04:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2022 06:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 13-Feb-2022 03:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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