ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46402
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| Date: | Saturday 23 October 2004 |
| Time: | 16:30 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna A188 Agwagon |
| Owner/operator: | Falcon Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CSM |
| MSN: | A188-0195 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Omihi Station, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Omihi Stn airstrip |
| Omihi Stn airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting an agricultural operation engaged in spreading solid fertiliser ( reconstituted powdered rock or RPR ) in suspension with water. The pilot appeared to commence his takeoff normally and continue out of the line of sight of the ground crew who were alerted to the accident by smoke coming from the direction of the end of the sloping airstrip. The first persons on the scene found the aircraft on fire and could see no signs of life.
The flying conditions were fine with a light breeze. The weather was not considered to be a factor in the accident.
Ground evidence showed that the aircraft had deviated some 10 degrees to the right of the takeoff vector and had struck the first of two steel batten-and-wire fences close the boundary of the airstrip. It was then lofted into the air by an undulation in the ground before clipping the second fence and descending into a steep gully, topping two pine saplings and then contacting the ground inverted, left wingtip first.
The Cessna cartwheeled and broke up. This was not a survivable crash. Ruptured tanks allowed fuel to escape and the plane caught fire.
A post-mortem examination of the 63-year-old pilot produced the opinion that he had suffered an acute cardiac event during the takeoff and was rendered incapable of controlling the aircraft.
Peter Bartle Irvine, R.I.P.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Aircraft Accident Report Occurence No. 04/3396
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 February 1973 | ZK-CSM | Rural Air Services Ltd | Patea, Taranaki | |
unk | |
| 7 January 1978 | ZK-CSM | Rural Air Services Ltd | 0 | near Tokoroa, Waikato | |
unk |
| 1 March 1979 | ZK-CSM | Rural Air Services Ltd | Waiouru Airfield, Whanganui | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Dec-2016 21:20 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2016 21:33 | angels one five | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2017 20:48 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2017 06:25 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2022 11:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 05-Feb-2022 17:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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