Emergency landing at Rangiora 09/10/2022

[ZacYates]

Sunday, 9 October 2022, 1:16 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Canterbury Rural Area Commander Inspector Peter Cooper:

Police are responding to an emergency landing at Rangiora Airfield involving a light aircraft.

The plane had an issue on take-off and the pilot performed an emergency landing in a paddock short of the runway.

Five people were on board at the time, and only minor injuries have been reported.

The incident happened about 11am.

Police are in attendance and are assisting in securing the scene.

Please refer any queries to the Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand, which is the lead agency.

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Stories have also been published by the NZ Herald (link) and 1News (link).

[skippynz]

I watched the aircraft, a Cherokee 6, take off.  In fact I photographed the take-off run because I was on the field taking photos of the Chilton doing some test flying.  Thankfully for me I stopped watching when it got to 100' ish and was surprised to hear of the accident.

Very glad to hear of only 'minor injuries', hope they are very minor!

Offered the photos to the CAA via 0508 Accident on Sunday but haven't heard back.  They show the aircraft configuration, windsock position, and aircraft condition, so I would have thought they could be relevant.  None of these are to be taken as speculation of cause, just thought they'd be things of interest. I haven't shared the photos anywhere out of respect for those involved, of course. Media (think it was Stuff) showed a Cessna 185 "file photo" because all light planes are Cessnas. :-D


The Chilten, on the other hand, had a very successful day flying and looks beautiful in deep red and cream.

[Dave Homewood]

Yes that wee Chilton is a lovely aeroplane!