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| Date: | Thursday 28 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 185A Skywagon ski |
| Owner/operator: | Mount Cook Group Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CMS |
| MSN: | 185-0482 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Franz Josef Glacier, Westland NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
pilot John A Nelson. Landing crash, damage to skis, lower fuselage and right wing.
Sources:
1. http://archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewEntity.do?code=7333
2. AHSNZ, 1979, Newsletter 6.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 March 1965 | ZK-CCC | Rural Aviation (1963) Ltd | Te Kuiti, King Country | |
sub | |
| 20 November 1972 | ZK-CMS | Mount Cook Air Services Ltd | Barrier Airstrip, Fiordland NP | |
unk | |
| 27 September 1984 | ZK-CMS | Mount Cook Group Ltd | Tasman Glacier, Mount Cook NP | |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2009 12:58 | XLerate | Added |
| 03-Aug-2020 07:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, ] |
| 01-Feb-2022 00:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 01-Feb-2022 10:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 05-Feb-2022 06:39 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Feb-2022 00:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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