Crash of an Airspeed AS.10 Oxford II on Mt Mitre: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 14, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
NZ1237
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Ohakea - Ohakea
MSN:
2657
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Ohakea Airfield on a cross-country exercise. While cruising in clouds, it impacted the slope of Mt Mitre (Pukeamoamo) located about 79 km northeast of Wellington. The wreckage was found in May 1942. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
LAC James Edgar Norman Corin,
LAC Ronald Alfred Walter Abrahams.
Crew:
LAC James Edgar Norman Corin,
LAC Ronald Alfred Walter Abrahams.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
