Date:	Sunday 6 June 1965
Time:	12:45
Type:	Piper PA-18A-150 Super Cub
Owner/operator:	Aerial Work (Marlborough) Ltd
Registration:	ZK-BNK
MSN:	18-5078
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Middlehurst Station, Marlborough -   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:
Stall and spin accident during a poison bait spreading operation in the Awatere Valley.

The aircraft was found in a ravine completely wrecked. Fire had not occurred. The pilot was dead.

There were no witnesses but examination of the aircraft and evidence on the ground indicated a steep nose down attitude and a rotation to the right at the moment of impact. The engine was producing power.
There was light to moderate turbulence in the lee of the hills but this was not considered to be a factor in the accident.

Investigators believed that the pilot may have become spatially disorientated when turning below the top of a ridge line.
The pilot's relative inexperience in agricultural flying, only 82 hours, may have contributed to the crash.

Pilot Jean-Gerard Rytzell killed.
R.I.P.

http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
https://archway.archives.govt.nz/ItemAdvancedSearch.do;jsessionid=30B09CC4BC50BAA2CEE5BDDD0AB16651
Report of a Civil Aircraft Accident No. 25/3/1538.
https://prcarc1.erau.edu/awweb/main.jsp?flag=browse&smd=2&awdid=14

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19 March 1962

ZK-BNK

Aerial Work (Marlborough) Ltd

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
22-May-2009 12:58	XLerate	Added
17-Jul-2009 03:08	angels one five	Updated
09-Mar-2016 21:07	angels one five	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
10-Mar-2016 01:50	angels one five	Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Feb-2022 17:30	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative, ]
23-Oct-2022 21:20	angels one five	Updated [Phase, Source, ]