Fletcher FU-24 crash, Mar 30, 1994 (1 killed), Ngaruawahia
Fletcher FU-24 accident on March 30, 1994 near Ngaruawahia, Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand with 1 fatality. Cause: Stall and incipient spin...
- Date: March 30, 1994
- Aircraft: Fletcher FU-24
- Location: Ngaruawahia, Waikato Regional Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Stall and incipient spin during an abrupt steep turn at low altitude. No firm reason for the turn was found; a tree and the sun's position may have prompted the avoidance action.
A trainee agricultural pilot on a low-level sowing run over a ridge made a sharp turn away from the ridge. The Fletcher stalled, entered an incipient spin at low height and struck the ground nose-down. The pilot was killed and there was no fire.