PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) crash, Apr 24, 2020 (1 killed)
PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750) accident on April 24, 2020 near Carterton, Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand with 1 fatality. Cause: Pilot...
- Date: April 24, 2020
- Aircraft: PAC Cresco 08-600 (08-750)
- Location: Carterton, Greater Wellington Regional Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot did not turn left with the strip; right undercarriage separated and damaged the flap, making the aeroplane uncontrollable; pilot incapacitation as likely as not
A Pacific Aerospace Cresco topdressing aircraft was spreading fertiliser from a farm airstrip at Kourarau Hill near Masterton. On its third takeoff it did not follow the left bend of the strip, struck rough ground, lost its right main undercarriage and then crashed in a valley, where fire broke out. The pilot was killed. TAIC found it about as likely as not that the pilot was incapacitated early in the takeoff roll.