Accident
Last updated: 21 May 2013
Status:
Datum:18 MRZ 1949
Zeit:ca 09:40
Flugzeugtyp:Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Fluggesellschaft:New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC
Kennzeichen: ZK-AKX
Werknummer: 18-2382
Baujahr: 1943
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 13 / Insassen: 13
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 15 / Insassen: 15
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:11 km (6.9 Meilen) NE of Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) (Neuseeland) show on map
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Whenuapai AB (NZWP), Neuseeland
Flug nach:Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ/NZPP), Neuseeland
Unfallbericht:
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.

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

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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Whenuapai AB to Paraparaumu Airport as the crow flies is 458 km (286 miles).

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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