Date:	Monday 17 October 2011
Time:	15:15 LT
Type:	Cessna 172N Skyhawk II
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	ZK-JFI
MSN:	172-73749
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Arrowtown Golf Course, Otago -   New Zealand
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Invercargill Airport - NZNV
Destination airport:	Arrowtown private airstrip
Investigating agency:	CAA NZ
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
A Cessna 172N Skyhawk crashed on the Arrowtown Golf Course.

It appears from an initial examination of the crash scene by Civil Aviation Authority safety inspectors that the Cessna was climbing out from a missed approach to the airstrip when control was lost. The plane descended and its tail struck a tree. The aircraft crashed and slid 15 meters down a bank.
There was no fire.
It was making an approach to an airstrip which is adjacent to the crash site.
Aircraft was on the way from Invercargill Airport - NZNV to Arrowtown private airstrip.

The pilot, and registered owner of the aircraft, was killed and two others have been seriously injured.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/plane-crashes-golf-course-one-dead-4469108
https://nz.news.yahoo.com/one-dead-in-arrowtown-light-plane-crash-10483180.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/5799929/One-dies-in-crash-at-Arrowtown-golf-course
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.scene.co.nz/breaking-news-fatal-plane-crash-at-arrowtown-golf-course/293200a1.page]
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/queenstown-lakes/182647/light-plane-crash-arrowtown-golf-course
http://web.archive.org/web/20111023204130/http://www.police.govt.nz:80/news/updates/29732
http://www2.wsav.com/news/2011/oct/17/report-small-plane-crash-in-new-zealand-kills-1-ar-2564114/
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown-lakes/plane-wreckage-examined

http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/000313580.html (photo)

Tauranga 8Feb2011

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
16-Oct-2011 22:23	angels one five	Added
17-Oct-2011 05:16	angels one five	Updated [Registration, Cn]
17-Oct-2011 06:21	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2011 07:02	Alpine Flight	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2011 08:22	RobertMB	Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
17-Oct-2011 23:53	flyernzl	Updated [[Time, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]]
18-Oct-2011 10:15	RobertMB	Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative]
19-Oct-2011 14:56	angels one five	Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative]
03-Feb-2022 00:40	Ron Averes	Updated [Location, Narrative]