Date:	Friday 19 October 1956
Time:
Type:	CPC Fletcher FU-24
Owner/operator:	James Aviation Ltd
Registration:	ZK-BHH
MSN:	10
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Mamaku Plateau, Rotorua -   New Zealand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:	Truck's Farm airstrip
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Aircraft failed to lift at takeoff and crashed. Pilot Tom F Cheesman was seriously injured in the accident, and retired from aerial topdressing. Aircraft rebuilt to ZK-BVU

1. Civil Air Accident File 25/3/771, Archives New Zealand

2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 159. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. Don Stafford, 1983, Flying The Thermal Skies, Thermalart Productions

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

11 November 1970	ZK-BVU	James Aviation Ltd	0	Whatawhata, Waikato		unk
1 May 1971	ZK-BVU	James Aviation Ltd		Te Mata, Waikato		sub
10 May 1985	ZK-BVU	P R Andrew		near Gisborne, East Coast		w/o

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
30-May-2009 00:44	XLerate	Updated
09-Feb-2010 10:36	TB	Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative]
23-May-2018 20:26	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
04-Aug-2020 07:51	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
04-Aug-2020 19:05	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Source]
27-Sep-2021 12:13	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Departure airport]