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| Date: | Thursday 14 November 2002 |
| Time: | 07:35 |
| Type: |  Pacific Aerospace Cresco 08-600 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZK-TML |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Aria -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Cresco was taking off when an undercarriage leg collapsed, causing the aircraft to veer off the strip and down a bank, where it suffered major damage. The pilot was not hurt. The weather was fine and airstrip condition good. The leg fracture was trace d to a manufacturing defect.
Sources:
CAA NZ Occurrence 02/3231
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-May-2025 18:18 | ASN | Added |
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