ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 63877
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 09-FEB-1966 |
| Time: | ~1430 |
| Type: |  Cessna 185 |
| Operator: | Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd, New Plymouth |
| Registration: | ZK-CBZ |
| C/n / msn: | 185-0421 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Troopers Road, Te Kuiti -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | K.M.Williams\' airstrip |
The Cessna took off from a farm airstrip on a routine aerial topdressing run. The flying weather was good.
Shortly after lifting off the pilot began jettisoning the superphosphate hopper load. The Cessna then struck trees and crashed, killing the pilot, Brian Pratt, a former Royal Navy pilot. The aircraft was destroyed. There was no fire.
A subsequent inspection of the engine revealed no defects.
The tail wheel leaf spring was found to be fractured in a way that could not have occurred in the crash.
The official accident report concluded : \" 41. The accident was caused by fracture of the tail wheel spring during the take off roll, which resulted in the aircraft leaving the ground in a stalled condition, recovery from which could not be effected before the aircraft struck some trees. \"
Brian Stanley Pratt.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333\\r\\nAircraft Accident Report No.1595, Accident Investigation Branch, Dept of Civil Aviation, Wellington, New Zealand. \\r\\n
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 22-May-2011 14:46 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2011 12:38 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Damage] |
| 16-May-2013 11:40 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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