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| Date: | Friday 4 October 1985 |
| Time: | 12:23 |
| Type: |  Cessna 402B Businessliner |
| Owner/operator: | Air Albatross |
| Registration: | ZK-EHT |
| MSN: | 402B-0340 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Arrowsmith Point, Marlborough -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Nelson |
| Wellington | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Struck high tension cables and crashed in the water near Arrowsmith Point, Tory Channel, Marlborough Sounds. Was on a flight from Nelson to Wellington.
Sources:
1. Powerlines still deadly, New Zealand Herald. 28 September 2008
2. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 179-182. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
3. Aircraft Accident Report No. 85-084
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Nov-2008 07:53 | angels one five | Updated |
| 07-Jun-2009 02:38 | XLerate | Updated |
| 18-May-2018 04:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-May-2018 01:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 25-Sep-2021 02:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jan-2022 06:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 20-Feb-2022 07:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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