ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64352
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| Date: | Sunday 28 November 1965 |
| Time: | c. 1025 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-18-95 Super Cub |
| Owner/operator: | Rotorua Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-BTY |
| MSN: | 18-7490 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaipara Flats Airfield, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | NZKF |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot/Instructor John L Munro and his private pilot passenger Joan Gibbs. R.I.P.
The pilot-in-command, flying from the front seat, took off from the grass runway at Kaipara Flats A/F and immediately after lift off began a series of climbing and descending turns along the centerline , the height during these evolutions varying between five and eighty feet.
After five such turns the aircraft was climbed steeply and it appeared to onlookers that the pilot was about to carry out a stall turn or wing-over.
Experienced pilots watching felt that the aircraft was still under control at this point. However, as the nose yawed sideways the Piper suddenly pitched nose down and dived into the airfield surface.
The aircraft was destroyed by the force of the impact. Fire did not break out. Both POB lost their lives.
The pilot had considerable experience in the PA18 type, including instructing in them, but this was his first flight in one for almost two years.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Report of a Civil Aircraft accident No. 25/3/1573
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 12-Sep-2011 22:02 | Garrick | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Damage] |
| 14-Mar-2016 08:14 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2021 06:09 | angels one five | Updated [Phase] |
| 04-Feb-2022 04:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Feb-2022 04:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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