ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59472
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| Date: | Sunday 7 February 1988 |
| Time: | 15:34 |
| Type: |  Quad City Challenger II |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | ZK-RJX |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Te Tipua, Southland -
 New Zealand
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | private airstrip |
| NZGC | |
| Investigating agency: | TAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A farmer saw the aircraft cruising at around 400 feet before it rolled to the left, entered a steep dive and crashed into the ground, killing both occupants. Location 11km west south west of Mataura. The TAIC investigation gave the probable cause as a medical condition or death of the pilot in flight, but did not rule out a failure of the right rear support strut for the horizontal tailplane.
NOTE: R.J. Cross was the operator (registered owner) of ZJ-RJX, but the pilot who died in the above accident was P.W. Cunningham.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. TAIC Investigation 88-014
2. https://taic.org.nz/sites/default/files/inquiry/documents/88-014.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Apr-2009 20:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 09-Apr-2009 21:13 | XLerate | Updated |
| 31-Jan-2018 01:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2022 05:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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