ASN Aircraft accident GAF Nomad N.22 ZK-NOM Franz Josef Glacier

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Status:
Date:	Monday 25 October 1993
Type:	GAF Nomad N.22
Operator:	Hibiscus Air
Registration:	ZK-NOM
C/n / msn:	4
First flight:	1975
Crew:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Total:	Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	Franz Josef Glacier ( New Zealand)
Phase:	En route (ENR)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Mount Cook-Glentanner Airport (GTN/NZGT), New Zealand
Destination airport:	Queenstown-Frankton Airport (ZQN/NZQN), New Zealand

Narrative:
The aircraft had been chartered to fly a German group to a number of tourist destinations in New Zealand. It had departed from Glentanner on a VFR flight to Queenstown. The flight was to include scenic flying in the Mount Cook region. A "taxiing" call was received at 11:53 hours but later attempts by Christchurch Flight Information to communicate with the aircraft were unsuccessful. The wreckage was sighted during the afternoon in a severely crevassed and pinnacled area of Franz Josef Glacier, at an elevation of 4500 feet (1370 m) amsl.

Classification:

Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:

» Scramble 174
» TAIC Investigation 93-014

Follow-up / safety actions

TAIC issued 5 Safety Recommendations

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VH-AUH was briefly leased to Air Sea Service until being sold to New Zealand in April 1981. Hibiscus Air bought the plane in December 1992.

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Map

This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mount Cook-Glentanner Airport to Queenstown-Frankton Airport as the crow flies is 165 km (103 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.

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Issued: 10-NOV-1993	To: CAA NZ	034/94
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Issued: 10-NOV-1993	To: CAA NZ	035/94
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Issued: 10-NOV-1993	To: CAA NZ	077/93
The published information concerning VFR Operations in areas such as Mt Cook, Franz Josef/Fox Glacier, Milford Sound. Mt Ruapehu, Rotorua and other "Tourist designated areas" should be revised and expanded to give all pilots ready access to as much releva (Closed acceptable)
Issued: 10-NOV-1993	To: CAA NZ	078/93
The training syllabus for the New Zealand Commercial Pilot Licence (Aeroplane) be amended to include "Mountainous-terrain flight training" and the extent of training required be similar to that already specified in the case of Commercial Pilot Licence Hel (Closed acceptable)
Issued: 10-NOV-1993	To: CAA NZ	079/93
That the requirement for the carriage of flight data recorders be extended to include a basic FDR or CVR (where the aircraft is operated with more than one pilot) on all multi-engine aircraft used principally for Air transport Operations with seats for ni (Closed acceptable)