Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 MAY 1945 |
| Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
| Operator: | Union Airways |
| Registration: | ZK-AHU |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2490 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Auckland-Mangere Aerodrome (AKL) (New Zealand) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Auckland-Mangere Aerodrome (AKL/NZAA), New Zealand |
| ? |
Crashed while being stolen.
Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
