Incident Cessna 185A Skywagon ski ZK-CBY, Wednesday 11 August 1982
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Date:Wednesday 11 August 1982
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C185 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 185A Skywagon ski
Owner/operator:Mount Cook Group Ltd
Registration: ZK-CBY
MSN: 185-0420
Fatalities:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook NP -   New Zealand
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Unknown
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
pilot T Curtis

Sources:

1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. Aviation Historical Society of New Zealand, Register Review No 11, 1979.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

28 February 1965 ZK-CBY Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd 0 Eketahuna, Wairarapa min
11 January 1968 ZK-CBY Tourist Air Travel Ltd Cattle Flat, Southland unk
2 February 1973 ZK-CBY Mount Cook Air Services Ltd Mount Cook, Canterbury unk
11 October 2003 ZK-CBY 0 Masterton Ad min
16 June 2019 ZK-CBY Skydive Wellington (owner: Sky Sports NZ Ltd) 1 near Masterton Aerodrome, Wairarapa w/o
Mid-air collision

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
03-Aug-2020 08:06 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, ]
07-Oct-2021 05:22 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
01-Feb-2022 00:06 Ron Averes Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ]
02-Feb-2022 01:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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