Date:	Saturday 24 April 1971
Time:
Type:	Lockheed 18-50 Lodestar
Owner/operator:	Airland (NZ)
Registration:	ZK-CGV
MSN:	18-2051
Year of manufacture:	1940
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Napier-Hawkes Bay Airport (NPE) -   New Zealand
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Napier-Hawkes Bay Airport (NPE/NZNE)

Narrative:
The Lodestar was on approach to Napier Airport when a flap cable broke, causing one flap to extend and making the aircraft uncontrollable.
It crashed in Hawkes Bay. The pilot (Ray Misson) was rescued by a passing fishing vessel.

NZ Aviation News, April, 2010
The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson

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