Date:	Wednesday 18 January 2012
Time:	18:20 LT
Type:	Issoire PIK-30
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	ZK-GST
MSN:	717
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Snowy Top, Diadem Range, Canterbury -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	NZOA
Destination airport:	NZOA
Investigating agency:	CAA NZ
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A motorized glider crashed at Snowy Tops, Diadem Range, about 17 kilometres northwest of Omarama during a ridge flight.

The pilot was killed.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6279455/Pilot-killed-in-Otago-glider-crash
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/fatal-glider-crash-in-omarama-12648930.html
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/194812/search-underway-glider
https://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

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-Jan-2012 06:23	RobertMB	Added
18-Jan-2012 07:07	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage, Narrative]
18-Jan-2012 08:45	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn]
22-Jan-2012 02:07	Anon.	Updated [Narrative]
22-Jan-2012 02:07	Anon.	Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
30-Jan-2012 01:14	flyernzl	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source]
01-Feb-2012 00:14	Alpine Flight	Updated [Aircraft type]
04-Feb-2022 17:01	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]