Crash of a Cessna 207A Stationair 8 II in Mount Nicholas

Date & Time: Aug 2, 2013 at 0915 LT
Operator:
Registration:
ZK-LAW
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
207-0723
YOM:
1981
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training mission. In unknown circumstances, the single engine aircraft crashed in a prairie located near Mount Nicholas, between Queenstown and Te Anau, coming to rest upside down. Both pilots were seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.