Air New Zealand Flight 4374

1979 aviation accident

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Air New Zealand Flight 4374
Accident
An Air New Zealand Fokker F27 similar to the one involved.
Date	17 February 1979
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Manukau Harbour
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F-27 Friendship
Operator	Air New Zealand
Registration	ZK-NFC
Flight origin	Gisborne Airport
Destination	Auckland International Airport
Passengers	2
Crew	2
Fatalities	2
Injuries	2
Survivors	2

Air New Zealand Flight 4374 was a flight from Gisborne which crashed while landing at Auckland, killing two of the four on board.

Aircraft

The Fokker Friendship F27-500 was eight years old at the time of the crash. Until 1977 the aircraft had been operated by the New Zealand National Airways Corporation (NAC) as the result of merger.

Crash

At 14:28 the aircraft had descended to 3000 feet and the pilots deployed the flaps. The aircraft's speed was 165 knots, and increased to 211 knots; 2 minutes 14 seconds later the aircraft crashed into the harbour killing two, the captain and a passenger.

Cause

The investigation found that the crew were likely misled by a visual illusion due to a rain shower obscuring the runway threshold during their base turn. This, coupled with a failure to monitor their flight instruments effectively, resulted in a controlled flight into terrain.

References

Wendt, Willem. "Mr". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 July 2024.

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v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979 (1979)
Jan 30 Varig Flight 967Feb 12 Air Rhodesia Flight 827Feb 17 Air New Zealand Flight 4374Mar 14 Alia Flight 600Mar 17 Aeroflot Flight 1691Mar 26 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashMar 29 Quebecair Flight 255Apr 4 TWA Flight 841Apr 23 SAETA Flight 011May 25 American Airlines Flight 191May 30 Downeast Airlines Flight 46Jun 17 Air New England Flight 248Jun 20 American Airlines Flight 293Jul 11 Garuda Fokker F28 crashJul 26 Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527Jul 31 Dan-Air Flight 0034Aug 11 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collisionAug 29 Aeroflot Flight 5484Sep 14 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12Oct 7 Swissair Flight 316Oct 31 Western Airlines Flight 2605Nov 11 Manises UFO incidentNov 15 American Airlines Flight 444Nov 26 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740Nov 28 Air New Zealand Flight 901Dec 18 Mosfellsheiði air crashesDec 23 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash
1978 ◄ ► 1980

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979 (1979)

Jan 30 Varig Flight 967Feb 12 Air Rhodesia Flight 827Feb 17 Air New Zealand Flight 4374Mar 14 Alia Flight 600Mar 17 Aeroflot Flight 1691Mar 26 Interflug Ilyushin Il-18 crashMar 29 Quebecair Flight 255Apr 4 TWA Flight 841Apr 23 SAETA Flight 011May 25 American Airlines Flight 191May 30 Downeast Airlines Flight 46Jun 17 Air New England Flight 248Jun 20 American Airlines Flight 293Jul 11 Garuda Fokker F28 crashJul 26 Lufthansa Cargo Flight 527Jul 31 Dan-Air Flight 0034Aug 11 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collisionAug 29 Aeroflot Flight 5484Sep 14 Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 12Oct 7 Swissair Flight 316Oct 31 Western Airlines Flight 2605Nov 11 Manises UFO incidentNov 15 American Airlines Flight 444Nov 26 Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740Nov 28 Air New Zealand Flight 901Dec 18 Mosfellsheiði air crashesDec 23 Turkish Airlines Ankara crash

1978 ◄ ► 1980

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in New Zealand
Before 1960	Moncrieff and Hood disappearance (January 1928) Liberator crash at Whenuapai (August 1943)
1960s	New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 (July 1963) Air New Zealand DC-8 crash (July 1966)
1970s	Air New Zealand Flight 4374 (February 1979) Air New Zealand Flight 901 (November 1979)*
1990s	Auckland mid-air collision (November 1993) Ansett New Zealand Flight 703 (June 1995)
2000s	Airwork Flight 23 (May 2005) Eagle Airways Flight 2279 (February 2008)
2010s	Fox Glacier FU-24 crash (September 2010) Carterton hot air balloon crash (January 2012) Timona Park plane crash (January 2012) Fox Glacier helicopter crash (November 2015)
2020s	LATAM Airlines Flight 800 (March 2024)
Asterisks (*) denote an incident that took place in an associated state or dependent territory of New Zealand

v t e Air New Zealand
Former subsidiaries	Air Nelson Ansett Transport Industries Eagle Airways Fiji Airways Mount Cook Airline Virgin Australia Holdings
Predecessor	TEAL
Fleet	ATR 72-600 Airbus A320-200 Airbus A320neo Airbus A321neo Boeing 777-300ER Boeing 787-9 Bombardier Q300
Hubs	Auckland Airport Christchurch Airport Wellington Airport
Incidents and accidents	Flight 441 (1963) L-188 crash (1965) DC-8 crash (1966) Flight 103 (1978) Flight 4374 (1979) Flight 901 (1979) Flight 24 (1987) Flight 2279 (2008) Flight 888T (2008)
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