ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 139278
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| Date: | 17-OCT-2011 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172N Skyhawk |
| Operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZK-JFI |
| C/n / msn: | 17273749 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Arrowtown Golf Course, Centennial Ave, Arrowtown -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Invercargill Airport - NZNV |
| Arrowtown private airstrip |
A Cessna 172N Skyhawk crashed on the Arrowtown Golf Course.
It appears from an initial examination of the crash scene by Civil Aviation Authority safety inspectors that the Cessna was climbing out from a missed approach to the airstrip when control was lost. The plane descended and its tail struck a tree. The aircraft crashed and slid 15 meters down a bank.
There was no fire.
It was making an approach to an airstrip which is adjacent to the crash site.
Aircraft was on the way from Invercargill Airport - NZNV to Arrowtown private airstrip.
The pilot, and registered owner of the aircraft, was killed and two others have been seriously injured.
Sources:
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/one-feared-dead-in-golf-course-plane-crash-4469108
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/10483180/one-dead-in-arrowtown-light-plane-crash/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5799929/One-dies-in-crash-at-Arrowtown-golf-course
http://www.scene.co.nz/breaking-news-fatal-plane-crash-at-arrowtown-golf-course/293200a1.page
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/182647/light-plane-crash-arrowtown-golf-course
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/updates/29732
http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/oct/17/report-small-plane-crash-in-new-zealand-kills-1-ar-2564114/
http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/arrowtown/183073/plane-wreckage-examined
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/313580.html (photo)
Tauranga 8Feb2011Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Oct-2011 22:23 | angels one five | Added |
| 17-Oct-2011 05:16 | angels one five | Updated [Registration, Cn] |
| 17-Oct-2011 06:21 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2011 07:02 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2011 08:22 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Oct-2011 23:53 | flyernzl | Updated [[Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
| 18-Oct-2011 10:15 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2011 14:56 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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