Fletcher FU-24 crash, Sep 28, 1999, Raetihi
Fletcher FU-24 accident on September 28, 1999 near Raetihi, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand with no fatalities. Cause: Not...
- Date: September 28, 1999
- Aircraft: Fletcher FU-24
- Location: Raetihi, Manawatu-Wanganui (Horizons Regional Council), New Zealand
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Not determined. Metallurgical examination showed the pitch change knob damage occurred at impact, not in flight, and no reason for the failure to get airborne was established.
A Fletcher FU-24 agricultural aircraft failed to get airborne on the takeoff roll from a strip near Raetihi. It sank into a gully beyond the end of the strip. The pilot survived and the aircraft was destroyed.