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Agricultural Plane Crash in NZ

What: Ravensdown Aerowork light plane
Where: Taranaki NZ
When: Dec 11, 2012
Who: 1 aboard
Why: A light plane was engaged in fertiliser spreading and agricultural spraying for Wanganui Aero Work company. (Wanganui was acquired by Ravensdown Aerowork in 2004 but the plane had not been provided new colors.)

The plane went down near Waitaanga Rd.

The Rescue Co-ordination Centre heard the beacon at 5.38 p.m.

The pilot was tended by paramedics then hospitalized at Waikato Hospital.

The sixty year old pilot sustained serious spinal injuries.

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