- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | February 17, 1979 |
Time: | 1:35 |
Location: | Manakau Harbor, New Zealand |
Operator: | Air New Zealand |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Gisborne - Auckland -Training |
AC Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 500 |
Registration: | ZK-NFC |
cn / ln: | 10456 |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 2 (passengers:1 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Flew into the water while on ILS approach. The crew was misled by a visual illusion in conditions of reduced visibility into believing they were at a safe height and consequently failed to monitor the flight instruments sufficiently to confirm their aircraft maintained a safe approach path. |
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