PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) crash, Jun 14, 2001 (1 killed)
PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) accident on June 14, 2001 near Gisborne, Gisborne District Council, New Zealand with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot turned...
- Date: June 14, 2001
- Aircraft: PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750)
- Location: Gisborne, Gisborne District Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot turned left after takeoff against the property owner's advice, with insufficient space available to accelerate and climb clear of the terrain.
A PAC Cresco topdressing aircraft took off from a station airstrip near Gisborne and turned left, against the owner's advice, with insufficient space to accelerate. It could not gain enough height to clear the terrain, and it crashed and burned, killing the pilot.