ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 61889
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| Date: | Thursday 26 June 1975 |
| Time: | 07:50 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-25-235B Pawnee |
| Owner/operator: | Farmers Aviation Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CIZ |
| MSN: | 25-3562 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wairakei, Taupo -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Wairakei |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft had been parked in the open overnight, in the morning pilot B M Aitken used water to clear ice and frost from the wings, but it refroze before takeoff. The airplane managed to get airborne but would not climb and crashed into trees a couple of hundred metres from the end of the airstrip. The aircraft was destroyed, the pilot escaped with minor injuries.
Sources:
1. Civil Air Accident Files, Archives New Zealand
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 131. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. Aircraft Accident Brief 27/4/295
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 November 1970 | ZK-CIZ | Farmers Aviation Ltd | Parihaka, Taranaki | |
unk | |
| 2 March 1973 | ZK-CIZ | Farmers Aviation Ltd | Te Popo, Taranaki | |
unk | |
| 22 July 1977 | ZK-CIZ | Farmers Aviation Ltd | Whenuakura, Taranaki | |
unk | |
| 6 September 1981 | ZK-CIZ | Farmers Aviation Ltd | 0 | Hawera Aerodrome, Taranaki | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 25-May-2009 20:17 | XLerate | Updated |
| 26-Sep-2021 00:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2021 20:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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