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| Date: | Tuesday 21 February 1967 |
| Time: | 12:14 |
| Type: |  CPC Fletcher FU-24 |
| Owner/operator: | Barr Brothers Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-BIM |
| MSN: | 40 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waiotira, Northland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Turner airstrip |
| Turner airstrip | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: Dennis Russell Manderson (22) killed.
R.I.P.
Location: Clear Ridge, Waiotira.
A fatal accident in the course of an aerial topdressing operation. The weather was reported to be very warm and humid with a light northeast breeze.
The aircraft collided with a fenceline along the top of a minor ridge, with the port tailplane being badly damaged by a concrete post. A little further on, and at a lower level, the port wingtip struck the ground causing the plane to make a heavy impact in a totally inverted position. The FU24 then slid about 100 feet (30 metres) before coming to rest. A small fire started but quickly burned itself out.
The pilot was killed instantly.
The investigator concluded:
The pilot attempted to fly across a ridge but misjudged the climb capability of his aircraft, and struck a fenceline marking the top.
When the aircraft struck the fenceline it was in a partially stalled condition.
Control of the aircraft was lost as the result of the collision with the fenceline.
Inexperience of the pilot was a large factor in the occurrence of the accident.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Aircraft Accident Report No. 1709
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 22-Apr-2014 17:07 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2016 03:09 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Aug-2018 09:39 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 16-Feb-2022 01:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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