FATAL AIR CRASH
HAWKE'S BAY TRAGEDY BOARD OFJNQUIRY APPOINTED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, May 4. The Minister in charge of Civil Aviation (Mr F. Jones) announced to-day that an inquiry would oe opened at Hastings on May 16 to report on the air accident on April 18, in which Miss N. Arnott and her brother, Mr R. Arnott, lost their lives. The Board of Inquiry comprises Mr W. F. Stillwell, S.M., Commander Bolt, and Squadron-leader Burrell.
A woman pilot and one passenger, her brother, were killed instantaneously when a Hornet Moth machine belonging to the Hawke’s Bay and East Coast Aero Club crashed four miles from Matapiro on April 18. The victims were: Miss Nellie Arnott, single, aged about 35 years, a Plunket nurse, of Pakowhai, and Mr Roy Arnott, single, a young man, also of Pakowhai. The machine was hopelessly smashed. The engine was buried deep in the ground and the fuselage, wings, and instrument board were twisted and distorted. Pieces of the fuselage were spread for many yards. One strut was stuck firmly in the ground where it had been hurled 300 yards away from the wreckage. The appearance of the wreckage suggested that the machine had struck the ground with terrific impact. The bodies of both victims were mutilated beyond recognition and were extricated with difficulty from the shattered cabin.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23492, 5 May 1938, Page 16
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