PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Cor... crash, Dec 12, 2016 (2 killed)
PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation accident on December 12, 2016 near Tiniroto, Gisborne District Council, New Zealand with 2 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: December 12, 2016
- Aircraft: PAC 750XL - Pacific Aerospace Corporation
- Location: Tiniroto, Gisborne District Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: TAIC (as summarised in the source): The aircraft struck six 110 kV high voltage power lines. The pilot likely experienced inattentional blindness while focused on the other aircraft, after a last minute change of plan and without a hazard briefing for the area, which affected risk perception.
A Pacific Aerospace 750XL topdressing aircraft (ZK JPU) on a positioning flight near Gisborne detoured to an area where another company aircraft was spraying. It struck a span of 110 kV power lines in a valley, trailing a wire from its left wing, and crashed on the valley floor about 700 m further on and burned. The pilot and passenger were killed.