ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 64596
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| Date: | Sunday 27 February 1938 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Miles M.14A Hawk Trainer III |
| Owner/operator: | Canterbury Aero Club |
| Registration: | ZK-AFA |
| MSN: | 487 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Prebbleton, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wigram ? |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The relatively inexperienced (about 20 hours total flying time) trainee pilot was carrying out solo aerobatic practice when his plane stalled at the top of a loop and spun into the ground at Prebbleton.
The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was reported to have died from his injuries only moments after being removed from the wreckage.
Clifford Albert Burmister (22) R.I.P.
Sources:
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19380228.2.109&cl=CL2.1938.02.28&e=-------10--1----0--
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 29-Jun-2009 00:31 | angels one five | Updated |
| 01-Jan-2012 15:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2021 04:05 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 22-Jan-2022 02:40 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Feb-2022 04:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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