| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 14, 1998 |
| Time: | 11:52 |
| Location: | Mount Cook, New Zealand |
| Operator: | Air taxi - Air Safaris Inc. |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Sightseeing |
| AC Type: | Cessna 177B Cardinal |
| Registration: | ZK-DKL |
| cn / ln: | ? |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft hit the face of mountain. The aircraft probably encountered a strong laminar downdraught before entering a thin cloud layer before impact. Although ample escape options were available to the pilot to turn away from the rising terrain and cloud ahead, he did not make a timely decision to do so. Why the pilot did not make a timely turn away could not be explained. |
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