ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331889
Date: | Tuesday 26 March 1968 |
Time: | 08:05 |
Type: | Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar |
Owner/operator: | Airland (NZ) |
Registration: | ZK-CMX |
MSN: | 18-2595 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Total airframe hrs: | 7364 hours |
Engine model: | Wright R-1820 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Waewaepa Range -
New Zealand
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Agricultural |
Departure airport: | Oringi Airport |
Destination airport: | Oringi Airport |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The aircraft was engaged in an operation involving the aerial sowing of bulk fertiliser. The Lodestar had made a straight sowing run after which it was seen to cross a ridge. It turned slightly to starboard and followed the line of the ridge before entering a comparatively steep left-hand turn apparently initiated to bring it back toward a suitable position from which another sowing run could be started. When about two-thirds of the turn had been completed, the aircraft was seen to flick suddenly into a left-hand spin which continued very rapidly for one and a half to two and a half turns until the aircraft impacted on bush-clad terrain near the top of the ridge it had formerly crossed, exploded, disintegrated and burned.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted from irretrievable loss of control occasioned by the unintentional incurrence of a stall and spin in conditions of turbulence and at a height which did not permit recovery before the aircraft struck the ground."
Sources:
Aircraft Accident Report No. 1837 Lockheed 18-56 LODESTAR ZK-CMX Waewaepa Range 26 March 1968
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