AO-1995-005

At approximately 1425 hours on Sunday 2 April 1995 a Cessna 152 aircraft, ZK-FJX stalled at a low height, dropped the left wing and collided with the terrain, near Matakana some 7 km north-east of Warkworth. The pilot and passenger lost their lives in the accident. The safety issue discussed relates to the need for pilots to resist the temptation to conduct impromptu low level flying The causal factors were failure to maintain a safe height above the terrain and inexperience in low flying.