AIRCRAFT CRASH
Trees To Be Cut Down GX'.Z Press Association) AUCKLAND. April 28. Pine trees more than 100 feet high flanking the north ' east end of Ardmore Aero drome will be cut down soon by the Ministry of Works, a ' Civil Aviation Department ' spokesman said today. The pilot of a light aircraft ; Mr L. J. Day. said after crash- 1 landing short of the airfield ' yesterday afternoon that he < believed his chances of reaching the runway would have been much better if the trees 1 had not been there The plane, a Mooney Mk 21 ' single-engined four - seater. < crashed after its throttle cable 1 broke during a training flight. 1 The three men on board • escaped but the aircraft was: badly damaged.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31974, 29 April 1969, Page 16
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