Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AC accident near Stratford, NZ
On May 3, 2005, a Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AC (airplane) was involved in an accident near Stratford, NZ. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

- Date
- May 3, 2005
- Place
- Stratford, NZ
- Aircraft
- Fairchild Swearingen SA227-AC · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 39.309°S, 174.300°E
- NTSB ID
- 20060311X00290
Conditions
- Local time
- 10:15 PM
From Wikipedia
Airwork Flight 23 was a New Zealand Post cargo flight between Auckland International Airport (AKL/NZAA) and Woodbourne Airport (BHE/NZWB) that crashed on May 3, 2005.
Text from Wikipedia, “Airwork Flight 23”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.