ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62957
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| Date: | Thursday 4 February 1965 |
| Time: | 11:32 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Airwork (NZ) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BPD |
| MSN: | 18-6190 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waiau, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Farm airstrip |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot David George Schuster. R.I.P.
Location: Mr Burbury's farm, Waiau.
The aircraft was returning from sowing an area on Sherwood Station. Another pilot saw the aircraft
dive towards the loading vehicle in an apparent " beat up " but the pilot pulled up too sharply and the aircraft went into a high-speed stall. It crashed in a flat attitude, bursting both mainwheel tyres and pressing the undercarriage legs up to wing level. The aircraft bounced three metres in the air before hitting the ground again, striking two fence posts and a large coil of fencing wire, which prevented the aircraft colliding with the loading vehicle containing 900 litres of aviation fuel. The wing tanks split open, spraying fuel onto the engine. The pilot died and the aircraft was completely destroyed.
The accident investigator concluded in his report :
" 28 (e) The pilot deliberately dived his aircraft towards the loading vehicle.
28 (f) The dive was continued to such proximity with the ground that recovery became necessary urgently.
28 (g) In attempting to recover from the dive the pilot induced a high-speed stall by sudden recourse to use of elevator.
28 (h) The pilot infringed regulation 36 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1963 in respect of
"Negligent operation of aircraft".
Air Accident report 25/3/1486.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident File 25/3/1486, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 168. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 31-May-2009 00:42 | XLerate | Updated |
| 05-Jun-2009 03:36 | angels one five | Updated |
| 25-Jun-2009 02:30 | XLerate | Updated |
| 21-Jun-2011 03:50 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2016 08:24 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2022 08:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2022 13:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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