Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | mardi 8 août 1989 |
Heure: | 10:35 |
Type/Sous-type: | Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander |
Compagnie: | Aspiring Air |
Immatriculation: | ZK-EVK |
Numéro de série: | 583 |
Année de Fabrication: | 1977-03-10 (12 years 5 months) |
Heures de vol: | 8350 |
Moteurs: | 2 Lycoming O-540-E4C5 |
Equipage: | victimes: 1 / Ã bord: 1 |
Passagers: | victimes: 9 / Ã bord: 9 |
Total: | victimes: 10 / Ã bord: 10 |
Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Lieu de l'accident: | Upper Dart Valley ( Nouvelle-Zélande)
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Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
Nature: | Charter National |
Aéroport de départ: | Wanaka Airport (WKA/NZWF), Nouvelle-Zélande |
Aéroport de destination: | Milford Sound Airport (MFN/NZMF), Nouvelle-Zélande |
Détails:Islander ZK-EVK departed from Wanaka on a VFR scenic flight to Milford Sound but failed to arrive. Wreckage from the aircraft was subsequently located on steep snow covered mountainous terrain at elevations up to 5400 feet. Following initial impact, major portions of the aircraft, including the fuselage, had fallen over precipitous bluffs.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The lack of direct evidence to account, operationally or structurally, for the manner in which the aircraft struck the mountain slope, the remoteness of the site which provided no witness observation to describe the aircraftÂ’s flight path prior to the event and the absence of any survivor, combined to preclude a determination of the accidentÂ’s probable cause."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | TAIC New Zealand |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 2 years and 4 months | Accident number: | 89-066 | Download report: | Final report
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Sources:
» Aircraft Accident Report No. 89-066 Britten-Norman BN2A Islander ZK-EVK, collided with terrain, Upper Dart Valley, 8 August 1989
Opérations de secours
TAIC issued 1 Safety Recommendation
Issued: 09-DEC-1991 | To: MoT NZ | ZK-EVK (1) |
Extend the requirement for the carriage of flight data recorders to all multiengined aircraft used principally for air transport operations. |
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Wanaka Airport et Milford Sound Airport est de 104 km (65 miles).
Accident location: Exact; as reported in the official accident report.
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tel qu'ils sont connus à ce jour.