Fletcher FU-24 crash, Nov 5, 1994 (1 killed), Kaikohe
Fletcher FU-24 accident on November 5, 1994 near Kaikohe, Northland Regional Council, New Zealand with 1 fatality. Cause: The turn toward higher ground...
- Date: November 5, 1994
- Aircraft: Fletcher FU-24
- Location: Kaikohe, Northland Regional Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The turn toward higher ground may have deprived the pilot of a visual horizon, causing him to fly too slowly, stall and spin. No technical anomalies were found.
A Fletcher FU-24 operated by Menary Aviation was spreading fertiliser at Kaikohe Aerodrome in good weather when it banked into a turn toward higher ground. It stalled and spun into the hillside about 500 m from the aerodrome, killing the pilot.