Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair crash, Dec 30, 1989 (7 killed)
Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair accident on December 30, 1989 near Milford Sound, Southland Regional Council, New Zealand with 7 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: December 30, 1989
- Aircraft: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair
- Location: Milford Sound, Southland Regional Council, New Zealand
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Neither pilot saw the other aircraft in time. Contributing factors were restricted forward vision from the cockpit, poor look-out, high traffic density and an unplanned merge of two traffic streams after a weather-forced route change.
A Cessna 207 Skywagon of Air Fiordland collided in mid air over Milford Sound in New Zealand with a second Cessna 207 of Milford Sound Scenic Flights while both were on a charter flight to Queenstown carrying Japanese tourists. The Air Fiordland aircraft went into a dive and crashed, killing all seven people on board. The other aircraft made an emergency landing and all five people on it survived.