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| Date: | Monday 12 December 2016 |
| Time: | 09:02 |
| Type: |  Pacific Aerospace 750XL Falco 3000 |
| Owner/operator: | Farmers Air Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-JPU |
| MSN: | 117 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Wairoa, Hawke's Bay -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot of a Pacific Aerospace Ltd 750XL, registered ZK-JPU was conducting a positioning flight between aerial topdressing tasks in the Gisborne region. The pilot of ZK-JPU elected to detour en route, to an area where a pilot from the same operator was also conducting aerial topdressing.
While flying low level, the aircraft struck a set of 110 kV high voltage power lines spanning the valley and subsequently impacted terrain.
The safety investigation identified the following contributory factors:
· A number of human factors influenced the pilot’s decision-making to deviate from the original plan.
· The pilot had not conducted a hazard briefing for the area to be flown at low level.
As a consequence the pilot did not have the most accurate and well informed mental model of the environment and hazards.
· Due to the limitations of an individual’s attentional resource, it is likely the pilot experienced inattentional blindness due to their attention being engaged on the other aircraft,3 leading the pilot to strike the high voltage power lines.
As a result of the safety investigation a number of safety actions have been raised regarding the purpose of the hazard identification process and its importance to pilots’ mental models and decision-making. Furthermore, the implementation of a Team Resource Management (TRM) approach to agricultural aviation operations will provide pilots the support required when plans change. Ensuring pilots have the appropriate and pertinent information at the
time reduces the risk of heuristics and biases influencing pilots’ decision-making.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/two-killed-in-plane-crash-near-wairoa-power-cut-off-gisborne
https://www.farmersair.co.nz/falco-xl/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/87456812/police-responding-to-aircraft-crash-near-wairoa
http://nzcivair.blogspot.co.nz/2017/02/pac-750xl-falco-3000-zk-jpu-cancelled.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2016 21:24 | angels one five | Added |
| 11-Dec-2016 22:02 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Dec-2016 22:20 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2016 02:40 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2016 09:05 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Dec-2016 14:45 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Dec-2016 14:46 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 14-Dec-2016 08:11 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Dec-2016 05:48 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Dec-2016 05:55 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 20-Dec-2016 11:48 | flyernzl | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 06-Feb-2017 10:44 | flyernzl | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Apr-2021 12:20 | harro | Updated [Phase, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 07:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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