26
Mar
Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander – ZK-IAS
Aircraft crashed on approach following encounter with windshear and turbulence on short final. Aircraft disassembled and flown as exter...
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 – ZK-NFC
At 14:28 hours Flight 4374 had levelled out at 3000 feet with the undercarriage and flaps up and was being radar vectored for an ILS ap...
26
Mar
Fokker F-27 Friendship 100 – ZK-NAA
The aircraft had just commenced descent and was crossing the coast 8 mi west of the airport at 3800 ft in clear air when a brief period...
26
Mar
de Havilland DH-114 Heron 1B – ZK-EJM
Touched down far down the runway and swerved to the right when the left brake failed. It crossed a drainage ditch and came to rest with...
26
Mar
Douglas C-47B-30-DK (DC-3) – ZK-AOE
Takeoff from Woodbourne AFB (BHE) was at 08:30 local time, and at 08:38 the pilot reported they were overhead the Wairau river mouth an...
26
Mar
Lockheed 18-40-11 Lodestar – ZK-ALZ
Destroyed by fire while under overhaul; sparks from a vacuum cleaner ignited petrol fumes.
26
Mar
Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar – NZ3511
Overshot the runway on landing at Palmerston North during delivery to Union Airways.
26
Mar
Lockheed 18-56-23 Lodestar – ZK-AHU
The aircraft was stolen from the hangar by a 19 year old apprentice aircraft engineer who had been turned down for pilot training by th...
26
Mar
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express – 41-24027
A USAAF Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was crewed by a United Air Lines crew operating under contract to the Air Transport Command...