ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62335
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 May 1972 |
| Time: | 13:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-180 Arrow |
| Owner/operator: | Manukau Flying School Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CUO |
| MSN: | 28-30761 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kirikau, King Country -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ardmore NZAR |
| Napier NZNR | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Norman Hylton Radd.
Passengers: Bernard Clarence Moore, William Kenneth Aston, and Gordon James Cunningham.
R.I.P.
Broke up in flight, crashed and burned.
The non-instrument rated pilot lost control while flying in cloud or among cloud formations. The aircraft entered a high speed, power on spiral dive, resulting in the loss of the stabilators, followed by the outer sections of both wings.
The aircraft crashed in steep, hilly country about 900 feet AMSL and burned out.
This was not a survivable accident.
The accident report contained the following conclusions :
" 2.2.1. (e). Until the impact occurred the engine and propeller were capable of functioning normally.
(f). Before the accident occurred the aircraft was flying in cloud or among cloud formations and the pilot, deprived of visual reference essential to maintenance of attitude control , became spatially disorientated.
(g). As a result of spatial disorientation, the aircraft entered a power-on spiral dive during which it exceeded design manoeuvrability speed limitations and failure and separation of the stabilator then occurred.
(h). Separation of the stabilator from the structure caused irretrievable loss of control .
(i). It has not been determined whether the pilot deliberately entered cloud before the accident occurred.
2.2.2 Cause - The accident was caused by in-fllght failure and detachment of the stabilator through the effects of flutter generated at a speed in excess of the design manoeuvrability limitations after the pilot had become spatially disorientated in conditions of cloud. "
Aircraft Accident Report No. 72-052.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 18-Jul-2010 19:45 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2011 01:51 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2011 01:53 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2011 01:54 | angels one five | Updated [[Narrative]] |
| 14-Dec-2014 12:18 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2022 02:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location] |
| 30-Jan-2022 02:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 30-Jan-2022 09:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
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