Estado:	Final
Fecha:	26 MAR 1968
Hora:	08:05
Tipo:	Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar
Operador:	Airland (NZ)
Registración:	ZK-CMX
Numéro de série:	18-2595
Año de Construcción:	1943
Horas Totales de la Célula:	7364
Motores:	2 Wright R-1820
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0
Total:	Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 1
Daños en la Aeronave:	Anulado
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	cerca Waewaepa Range (Nueva Zelanda)
Fase:	Maniobras (MNV)
Naturaleza:	Agricultura
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Oringi Airport, Nueva Zelanda
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	Oringi Airport, Nueva Zelanda

Descripción:
The aircraft was engaged in an operation involving the aerial sowing of bulk fertiliser. The Lodestar had made a straight sowing run after which it was seen to cross a ridge. It turned slightly to starboard and followed the line of the ridge before entering a comparatively steep left-hand turn apparently initiated to bring it back toward a suitable position from which another sowing run could be started. When about two-thirds of the turn had been completed, the aircraft was seen to flick suddenly into a left-hand spin which continued very rapidly for one and a half to two and a half turns until the aircraft impacted on bush-clad terrain near the top of the ridge it had formerly crossed, exploded, disintegrated and burned.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted from irretrievable loss of control occasioned by the unintentional incurrence of a stall and spin in conditions of turbulence and at a height which did not permit recovery before the aircraft struck the ground."

Fuentes:
» Aircraft Accident Report No. 1837 Lockheed 18-56 LODESTAR ZK-CMX Waewaepa Range 26 March 1968