VH-HPP · BE20

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1990 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried VH-HPP.

• July 19, 1988Accident

  The pilot was conducting superphosphate spreading operations in fine and clear weather conditions. The paddock being treated sloped uphill, and there were heavily timbered peaks beyond the paddock. The pilot had spread the paddock the previous day under similar conditions.

  Fletcher FU-24 · 1 fatalities

  Although the investigation was hampered by the extensive fire damage, no defect or malfunction was discovered which might have contributed to the accident. The reason the pilot, who had extensive agricultural experience, chose to conduct swath runs towards steeply rising ground was not determined. Full accident record