Date:	Wednesday 5 December 1979
Time:
Type:	APNZ Fletcher FU-24-950M
Owner/operator:	Fieldair Ltd
Registration:	ZK-CRX
MSN:	123
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Carterton, Wairarapa -   New Zealand
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Aircraft crashed while topdressing, Hinau Gully, northwest of Carterton and just over from Carrington.
Pilot Russ Truman was killed.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand: Newsletter 1980 No 1
Ross Kerr (2006) A Chronology of the Tararua & Rimutaka Ranges
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19791206.2.21?end_date=31-12-1989&items_per_page=100&query=plane&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA&start_date=05-12-1979

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
16-May-2018 20:34	Ron Averes	Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
23-Sep-2021 21:26	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
07-Oct-2021 03:12	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
06-Feb-2022 21:36	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
07-Feb-2022 00:28	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, ]
23-Feb-2022 08:30	Ron Averes	Updated [Narrative, ]
17-Aug-2023 05:36	sooty59	Updated