ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141933
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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Date:18-JAN-2012
Time:18:20 LT
Type:Issoire PIK-30
Operator:Private
Registration: ZK-GST
C/n / msn: 717
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Snowy Tops, Diadem Range, about 17km NW of Omarama - NZOA -   New Zealand
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:NZOA
Destination airport:NZOA
Narrative:
A motorized glider crashed at Snowy Tops, Diadem Range, about 17 kilometres northwest of Omarama during a ridge flight.

The pilot was killed.

Sources:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6279455/Pilot-killed-in-Otago-glider-crash
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/12648930/fatal-glider-crash-in-omarama/
http://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/194812/search-underway-glider
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10779607&ref=rss
http://nzcivair.blogspot.com/2012/01/pik-30-zk-gst.html


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Jan-2012 06:23 RobertMB Added
18-Jan-2012 07:07 FLYINGBROTHER1 Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 08:45 FLYINGBROTHER1 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn]
22-Jan-2012 02:07 92.107.20.57 Updated [Narrative]
22-Jan-2012 02:07 87.211.83.33 Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 01:14 flyernzl Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
01-Feb-2012 00:14 FLYINGBROTHER1 Updated [Aircraft type]
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