Date:	Friday 18 March 1949
Time:	09:40
Type:	Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Owner/operator:	New Zealand National Airways Corporation - NAC
Registration:	ZK-AKX
MSN:	18-2382
Year of manufacture:	1943
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	11 km NE of Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ) -   New Zealand
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Whenuapai Air Base (NZWP)
Destination airport:	Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ/NZPP)

Narrative:
Flew into the side of a hill at an elevation of 520 m while on approach to Paraparaumu Airport (PPQ). The airplane broke up and burned.

The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
The Canberra Times (19 March 1949)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
02-Jun-2025 08:55	ASN	Updated [Narrative, Category, ]