We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The pilot, sole on board, was engaged in a spraying mission in Kaikohe. The first sowing operation was completed shortly after 0700LT. While flying at low height in good weather conditions, the aircraft banked left to an angle of 45° then nosed down to 30° and crashed 500 metres from the Kaikohe Aerodrome. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed. Probable cause (official findings): The position of the turn towards the higher ground may have deprived the pilot of a visual horizon cau
Fletcher FU-24 · 1 fatalities