ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 62935
Last updated: 31 October 2020
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| Date: | 27-MAR-1965 |
| Time: | c. 1135 |
| Type: |  Morane-Saulnier MS.892 Rallye Commodore 150 |
| Owner/operator: | Seabrook Fowlds Limited, Auckland |
| Registration: | ZK-CDA |
| C/n / msn: | 10464 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Turangaomoa, near Waharoa -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
Pilot Lloyd Seabrook.
Mr Seabrook and his passengers all died when the Rallye-Commodore dived into the ground. R.I.P.
The pilot in command was demonstrating the gentle stalling characteristics of the aircraft to his three passengers, all of whom were pilots, at about 1,500 feet.
Flight above this height was not feasible as the cloud base was 1,600 to 2,000 feet.
For reasons that could not be ascertained the aircraft fell into a right hand spin.
The spin was stopped, but the Rallye-Commodore was still diving at a 45-degree angle when it ran out of altitude.
Seabrook Fowlds Ltd were the NZ agents for Morane-Saulnier aircraft.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
Images:
Whenuapai
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 29-May-2009 10:20 | angels one five | Updated |
| 05-Jun-2009 03:40 | angels one five | Updated |
| 22-Aug-2009 02:23 | flyernzl | Updated |
| 08-Jul-2010 22:50 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2011 05:13 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2011 00:38 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-May-2011 00:45 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2013 21:42 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Apr-2017 12:38 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
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