Date:	Thursday 9 August 1984
Time:	c. 8
Type:	Cessna 185C Skywagon ski
Owner/operator:	Mount Cook Group Ltd
Registration:	ZK-CHJ
MSN:	185-0756
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook NP -   New Zealand
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Mount Cook village
Destination airport:	Tasman Glacier
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
The skiplane was delivering four skiers plus a guide to the upper Tasman Glacier. It was slightly above maximum takeoff weight, and conditions were strong winds at higher altitudes. It crashed into the glacier, killing two passengers, and seriously injuring the pilot and other three passengers, one of whom died a short time later. The investigation concluded the aircraft had either stalled in turbulence or carried down close to the surface by a downdraught.

1. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 108-109. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
2. Aircraft Accident Report No. 84-084, Office of Air Accidents Investigation

Other occurrences involving this aircraft


4 August 1968	ZK-CHJ	Mount Cook Air Services Ltd		Murchison Glacier, Mount Cook NP		unk
9 January 1974	ZK-CHJ	Mount Cook Air Services Ltd		Mount Cook, Canterbury		unk
22 December 1974	ZK-CHJ	Mount Cook Air Services Ltd		Mount Cook, Canterbury		unk
3 October 1979	ZK-CHJ	Mount Cook Group Ltd		Tasman Saddle, Mount Cook NP		unk

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
18-May-2009 03:25	XLerate	Added
31-Jul-2020 04:39	Ron Averes	Updated [Time, Operator, ]
02-Aug-2020 22:19	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Damage, ]
07-Oct-2021 05:23	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]
01-Feb-2022 00:32	Ron Averes	Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
02-Feb-2022 01:14	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, ]