A Lake Tarawera man fears his 3-year-old daughter could have been killed by what he believes was a slab of fertiliser that fell from the sky on to his deck, destroying a wooden chair.
Fred Stevens was shocked to discover one of his deck chairs had this week been "crushed to smithereens", with a white, rock-like substance covering the area.
"It was only when I took a closer look that I realised it was what appeared to be fertiliser pellets and remembered seeing the ... plane on Monday.
"What first struck me, other than that I wouldn't be able to sit in my chair anymore, is that my 3-year-old daughter was outside watching that plane and, had the fertiliser fallen on her head, it would have killed her instantly - it would have killed any of us instantly."
![The debris and smashed chair left by what is believed to be a fallen slab of fertiliser. Photo/Stephen Parker](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/NGRPPZGUKGRK2S4IF3I6NFEE3Y.jpg?auth=da0cb6321ab316f7373d02387ea2fa01dd3c674c5b8537ff7b328f9cd104e90e&width=16&height=14&quality=70&smart=true)