ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219609
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| Date: | Monday 17 December 2018 |
| Time: | 15:18 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-4 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | ZK-JRX |
| MSN: | 1320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Raglan Harbour, Waikato -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whanganui |
| Raglan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On the day of the accident, the pilot intended to fly with a passenger from Motueka aerodrome to North Shore aerodrome north of Auckland.
Following departure from Motueka aerodrome, a brief refuelling stop was completed at Whanganui aerodrome. ZK-JRX was next witnessed to be approaching Raglan aerodrome. The aircraft was seen to begin a turn to the left and then roll rapidly before descending at a high rate. The aircraft did not recover from the descent and struck the mud flats in the estuary immediately south of the township.
The CAA safety investigation determined that the aircraft had departed controlled flight during a turn while approaching to land. The aircraft entered a spin to the left, with insufficient height available for the pilot to effect a recovery prior to the aircraft striking the mud flats.
The pilot of ZK-JRX did not hold the required licence to permit him to fly the aircraft while carrying a passenger. He also did not hold the required aircraft type rating for the Van’s RV-4.
The owner (who was not on board) was currently selling his plane. It was a trial flight with a prospective new owner.
Sources:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12178348
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109418451/plane-crash-in-raglan-harbour
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/12/reported-plane-crash-in-raglan-harbour.html
http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2014/01/vans-rv-4s-of-new-zealand_31.html
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/national/raglan-air-crash-victims-believed-to-be-on-test-flight/
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/109428184/civil-aviation-authority-to-investigate-fatal-plane-crash
https://www.aviation.govt.nz/assets/publications/fatal-accident-reports/ZK-JRX-raglan-17Dec2018-final-report.pdf
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Type aircraft: https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1530757
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 2007 | ZK-JRX | Queenstown, Otago | |
sub | ||
| Heavy landing | ||||||
Media:
Two people dead after plane crashes in Raglan
— News SummedUp NZ (@newssummedupNZ) 17 décembre 2018
https://t.co/Idi2HZo1kF
Plane crash on Kaitoke mudflats https://t.co/16XPofTegT pic.twitter.com/NGQQcvpHWY
— Rodger Gallagher (@RaglanWebsite) 17 décembre 2018
New Zealand, #Raglan - Civil aviation authority to investigate fatal plane crash https://t.co/OG4Inj8dBo pic.twitter.com/fjNtUDjBdk
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) 18 décembre 2018
Images:
Queenstown 2004
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2018 03:19 | Geno | Added |
| 17-Dec-2018 05:03 | Geno | Updated [Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 06:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 17-Dec-2018 06:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 08:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 08:57 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 17-Dec-2018 09:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-Dec-2018 15:56 | Geno | Updated [Phase, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2018 08:37 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source] |
| 18-Dec-2018 12:06 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 18-Dec-2018 12:14 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Nature, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Dec-2018 08:00 | flyernzl | Updated [Photo] |
| 04-Aug-2020 17:16 | J.B | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Aug-2020 17:21 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 08-Aug-2020 02:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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