ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 60142
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| Date: | Thursday 4 March 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 180 Skywagon f/p |
| Owner/operator: | Southern Scenic Air Services Ltd |
| Registration: | ZK-CBL |
| MSN: | RA/3/62 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lake Shirley, Fiordland NP -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lake Shirley |
| Queenstown | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The floatplane was transporting two hunters from Lake Shirley, about 600 m up in the mountains, to Queenstown. On the second takeoff attempt from the lake the pilot was successful, but flew close to bluffs surrounding the lake, about 50 feet above trees at the waters edge. The plane made a turn to the left, and the bank angle was increasing when the nose suddenly dropped and the aircraft struck the water, left wing first. The crash killed the pilot and one passenger, and seriously injured the other, who rescuers reached over six hours later clinging to the wreckage. The accident investigation was inconclusive; possibilities were an aircraft defect, a sudden weather change, or pilot disorientation by the glassy lake surface.
Sources:
1. King, John (1995). Aviation Accidents and Disasters. New Zealand Tragedies. Wellington: Grantham House. pp. 109-111. ISBN 1 86934 042 6.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2009 20:47 | XLerate | Added |
| 02-Aug-2020 21:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Cn, Operator] |
| 31-Jan-2022 02:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Jan-2022 02:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 05-Feb-2022 01:13 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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