Quoted from TV-NZ:
Two people have walked away unscathed from a plane crash during take-off in south Auckland. The replica vintage bi-plane lost power as it left the runway, barrelling through a fence at Ardmore Airport. The Fire Service says the pair were very lucky.
Spokesman Roy Williams said because the incident happened during take-off they didn't have a lot of altitude and were able to bring the plane down without power. The Civil Aviation Authority is looking into the incident.
This is a Jungmann that was shipped over from Europe for an around New Zealand tour with the Tiger Moth club. Unqualified eyewitness report said that it was a power loss on take off.
Of course this is a genuine Hirth powered Jungmann. Neither a replica nor a Tiger Moth. To fly a Jungmann in New Zealand was a big dream. How disappointing that the venture ended this way. Let's hope the repairs can be completed quickly and D-EAZO can take to the New Zealand skies again. At least there are plenty of repair facilities and vintage expertise in Ardmore.