ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar ZK-AKX Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ)
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Date:Friday 18 March 1949
Time:09:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Operator:New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC
Registration: ZK-AKX
MSN: 18-2382
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Total:Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:11 km (6.9 mls) NE of Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) (   New Zealand)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Whenuapai Air Base (NZWP), New Zealand
Destination airport:Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ/NZPP), New Zealand
Narrative:
Flew into the side of a hill at an elevation of 2000 feet (610 m) while on approach to Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ). The airplane broke up and burned.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» The Canberra Times (19 March 1949)


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Distance from Whenuapai Air Base to Paraparaumu Airport as the crow flies is 458 km (286 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

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.
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