NZFF

Two people escaped without injury when their Cessna aircraft flipped while landing near the Ohakune airstrip this morning.

Sergeant Mike Craig, Ohakune Police, said the crash happened at 10.30am when the pilot mistook a freshly ploughed paddock for the neighbouring airstrip.

"Fortunately the pilot and his passenger, who were on a private flight from Ardmore, were both unhurt," Sergeant Craig said.

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A lucky escape......... such incidents are more common than you might think. Before the grass runway at NZHN was sealed, we would always see one or two pilots a year land in the rough, uneven lucerne either side of the runway!! Thankfully, like this incident, nothing serious apart from minor damage and wounded ego's!!