ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226173
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| Date: | Friday 14 June 2019 |
| Time: | 11:27 |
| Type: |  Van’s RV-12 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-LSV |
| MSN: | 12066 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kakatarahae hill, Coromandel Range -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Whitianga Airport (WTZ/NZWT) |
| Ardmore Airport (AMZ/NZAR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot departed from Whitianga Airport on a private flight to Ardmore Airport. The purpose of the flight was for the pilot to attend a doctor’s appointment at midday in Ardmore township and to drop off a box of aircraft parts to a maintenance facility based at Ardmore Airport .
When the pilot failed to return to Whitianga, the RCCNZ was notified and a search initiated. The aircraft wreckage was located on the western slope of Kakatarahae hill, Coromandel Range, approximately seven nautical miles (NM) south-west of Whitianga.
It was determined the accident occurred as a result of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) in poor weather conditions, below the minima required by visual flight rules (VFR).
Sources:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12240716
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113511344/search-for-plane-missing-on-coromandel-peninsula
Accident investigation:
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Media:
Man confirmed killed in Coromandel Peninsula plane crash https://t.co/wTX6ed7U4g
— Waikato Times (@waikatotimes) 15 juin 2019
Images:
Pauanui 7Jan2017.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jun-2019 00:38 | Geno | Added |
| 15-Jun-2019 00:45 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jun-2019 06:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2019 20:22 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 22-Jun-2019 14:33 | Flyernzl | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Photo] |
| 05-Aug-2020 01:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Feb-2022 09:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Mar-2022 17:28 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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