ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63877
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 February 1966 |
| Time: | c. 1430 |
| Type: |  Cessna 185A Skywagon |
| Owner/operator: | Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CBZ |
| MSN: | 185-0421 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Te Kuiti, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | K.M.Williams airstrip |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Cessna took off from a farm airstrip at Troopers Road on a routine aerial topdressing run. The flying weather was good.
Shortly after lifting off the pilot began jettisoning the superphosphate hopper load. The Cessna then struck trees and crashed, killing the pilot, Brian Pratt, a former Royal Navy pilot. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire.
A subsequent inspection of the engine revealed no defects.
The tail wheel leaf spring was found to be fractured in a way that could not have occurred in the crash.
The official accident report concluded : " 41. The accident was caused by fracture of the tail wheel spring during the take off roll, which resulted in the aircraft leaving the ground in a stalled condition, recovery from which could not be effected before the aircraft struck some trees. "
Brian Stanley Pratt.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333\\r\\nAircraft Accident Report No.1595, Accident Investigation Branch, Dept of Civil Aviation, Wellington, New Zealand. \\r\\n
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 October 1962 | ZK-CBZ | Rural Aviation Ltd | 0 | Feilding, Manawatu 2 | |
unk |
| 12 September 1964 | ZK-CBZ | Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd | Wyndham, Southland | |
unk | |
| 11 December 1964 | ZK-CBZ | Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd | Clinton, Otago | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 22-May-2011 14:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2011 12:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Damage] |
| 16-May-2013 11:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2013 11:14 | angels one five | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Aug-2020 08:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Sep-2021 10:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2022 00:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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