Fletcher FU-24 crash, Feb 25, 1997, Dannevirke
Fletcher FU-24 accident on February 25, 1997 near Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand with no fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: February 25, 1997
- Aircraft: Fletcher FU-24
- Location: Dannevirke, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of climb performance in a narrow valley with increased payload, followed by a stall in a turn. Based on a single database summary.
A Fletcher FU-24 topdressing aircraft was spraying a narrow, rising valley near Dannevirke after an increase in payload. The pilot could not climb out of the sink or turn back, the aircraft stalled in a turn and struck the valley side, and the hopper and nose leg broke into the cockpit. The pilot was seriously injured, and there was no post-crash fire.