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| Date: | Friday 2 August 2013 |
| Time: | 22:42 |
| Type: |  Cessna 207A Stationair 8 II |
| Owner/operator: | Milford Sound Scenic Flights Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-LAW |
| MSN: | 20700723 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Mt Nicholas, Otago -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA NZ |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The crew was carrying out an Operational Competency Assessment flight at a remote airstrip when the aircraft struck a small rise in the terrain approximately 200 m short of the threshold. The aircraft was completing a simulated forced landing approach whe n it descended below the relevant flight profile and struck terrain. The aircraft bounced a further 40 m before striking the ground again and overturning. Both pilots received serious injuries. It is believed that the nature of the terrain (barren tussock-covered ground), lighting from behind, and the high nose attitude of the approach, contributed to this accident.
Sources:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 October 2011 | ZK-LAW | Milford Sound Scenic Flights Ltd | 0 | near Lake Hayes, Otago | |
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Images:
Queenstown 7Sep2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2013 02:25 | flyernzl | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, ] |
| 02-Aug-2013 06:09 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Aug-2020 21:58 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 20:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 31-Jan-2022 21:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 31-Jan-2022 21:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Feb-2022 05:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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