Date:	Sunday 25 May 2008
Time:	03:20
Type:	Zenair CH 601 XL Zodiac
Owner/operator:	Pegasus Flying Limited
Registration:	ZK-ZXL
MSN:	6-9726
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Wairoa Aerodrome, Hawke's Bay -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	NZWO (Wairoa)
Destination airport:	NZWO (Wairoa)
Investigating agency:	CAA NZ
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The aircraft took off at around 03:15 am in a thunderstorm and crashed about 400m from the aerodrome and just 120m from the northern end of the runway.
The instructor and pilot were both intoxicated with alcohol, and the pilot may have recently used cannabis. As a result, their judgement and flying performance would have been impaired.
Power and trim changes occurring in preparation for landing are likely to have contributed to the spatial disorientation which then probably led to the loss of controlled flight.

1. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10512361&ref=rss
2. http://www.stuff.co.nz//458357
3. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1316907/1795897
4. http://rnzaf.proboards43.com/index.cgi?board=experimental&action=display&thread=6114&page=1
5. http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/423466/1797187
6. https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/4560235a6000.html_

7. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200805260910/12bd630a]

8. http://www.caa.govt.nz/Accidents_and_Incidents/Accident_Reports/ZK-ZXL_Fatal.pdf

at Tauranga 2006

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
25-May-2008 07:33	Topaz	Added
25-May-2008 07:43	Topaz	Updated
25-May-2008 07:48	Topaz	Updated
25-May-2008 14:52	Topaz	Updated
15-Apr-2009 10:38	harro	Updated
21-Jun-2009 10:35	flyernzl	Updated
25-Nov-2009 03:19	harro	Updated
14-Feb-2022 08:53	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]