ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238590
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| Date: | Saturday 25 July 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Taylor J.T.1 Monoplane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-DKQ |
| MSN: | AACA/125/1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Twizel, Canterbury -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pukaki Aerodrome |
| Pukaki Aerodrome | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot prepared ZK-DKQ for a local flight from Pukaki Aerodrome. He was in the process of self-rating on the aircraft. This flight was the sixth training flight, the purpose of which was to practise stalling.
Witnesses stated the pilot had prepared in advance for the flight. This included discussing the stalling exercise with ZK-DKQ’s owner, choosing a weekend when family were present, and the flight would be in ideal weather conditions.
He stated to several people that he would have five hours of fuel and was going to do the exercise from 6500 feet.
Witnesses reported ZK-DKQ departed Pukaki Aerodrome around 13:55, initially heading south then turning north towards Mt Cook.
The pilot’s friend took off shortly after ZK-DKQ and heard a radio transmission from the pilot stating his position and “climbing through 6100 feet”. No further radio transmissions or sightings of the aircraft were reported.
The aircraft was found to have crashed some 4.6 nm southeast of Pukaki Aerodrome, in Simons Pass Station.
The investigation determined the aircraft entered an unrecovered flat spin most likely subsequent to a wing drop stall. It was not possible to determine whether correct recovery inputs were made during the spin without recovery, or whether aircraft factors prevented recovery.
Once the aircraft entered the fully developed flat spin, recovery may not have been possible, regardless of pilot control inputs.
Sources:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/122249285/emergency-services-responding-to-aircraft-crash-near-twizel
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12350955
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/07/police-on-scene-of-plane-crash-near-twizel.html
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/emergency-services-on-scene-of-plane-crash-near-twizel/ar-BB17aujo
Accident investigation:
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 December 1975 | ZK-DKQ | W P Thompson | Fosbender Park, Southland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2020 06:49 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Jul-2020 07:10 | JMW69 | Updated [Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2020 09:10 | JMW69 | Updated [Total fatalities, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Jul-2020 14:21 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Dec-2021 17:56 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
| 06-Feb-2022 02:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2022 22:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Plane category] |
| 25-Jan-2023 06:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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