Britten-Norman Islander crash, Mar 19, 1989, Tiraora Lodge
Britten-Norman Islander accident on March 19, 1989 near Tiraora Lodge, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: March 19, 1989
- Aircraft: Britten-Norman Islander
- Location: Tiraora Lodge, Marlborough District Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot was dazzled by low sun during the approach to Tiraora Lodge and overshot. The aircraft then turned low to avoid high ground, struck a telephone wire and fell into the sea.
A Sounds Air Britten Norman BN-2A-21 Islander (ZK-SFE) on a charter flight from Koromiko to Wellington struck a telephone wire approaching the Tiraora Lodge airstrip and fell into the sea at Northwest Bay, Pelorus Sound, on 19 March 1989. All six people on board survived.