ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 87958
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| Date: | Sunday 8 December 1985 |
| Time: | 15:58 |
| Type: |  Jodel D.9 Bébé |
| Owner/operator: | B T Farrell & others |
| Registration: | ZK-DBM |
| MSN: | F3134/5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Takapuna, Auckland -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Hobsonville |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Pilot: George Jones.
The Jodel was on its first flight after major repairs and re-asssembly.
The flight proceeded normally until about one minute before the crash when the plane was seen to be flying erratically at a low level in the vicinity of Takapuna Beach.
Witnesses reported that the plane was yawing and banking steeply from side to side. The pilot appeared to be attempting an emergency landing on the beach.
Moments later the aircraft entered an incipient spin and dived onto the roadway at Bracken Avenue.
The aircraft was destroyed by the impact and the pilot was killed.
Fire did not occure.
The crash investigator found that structural failure in the aileron system deprived the pilot of sufficient lateral control and the aircraft stalled and entered an incipient spin during an attempted forced landing.
Registration cancelled 19 Nov 1987.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Air Accident Report No. 85-116
3. AHSNZ, 1988, Aerolog Vol 3 No 2
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 April 1982 | ZK-DBM | B T Farrell & others | Helensville, Auckland | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2011 14:00 | ASN archive | |
| 08-Jul-2011 03:11 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jul-2011 04:38 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2014 09:22 | angels one five | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2018 18:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2022 23:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 29-Jan-2022 23:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn] |
| 13-Feb-2023 02:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Feb-2023 19:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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