Witnesses at the scene have recounted a close call between two incoming planes moments before one crash landed at Tauranga Airport.
A red vintage style plane landed at the airport and a yellow bi-plane followed in close behind.
Witnesses described the yellow plane wobbling before the left wing scraped the ground. It then came to a stop on its nose and smashed the propeller off.
A man and a woman ran from the plane and were treated by St john paramedics.
The crashed plane was a Tiger Moth.