C185 Crash near Wanaka
 

NZ Herald is reporting a C185 crash near Wanaka. At this stage it would appear the crash site has been come across by chance, as no-one was overdue at the time...

Wreckage of small plane spotted near Wanaka - National - NZ Herald News

Absolutely gutted to hear about this!
RIP.

From the images it appears to be the side of a mountain they have impacted?

An absolute tragedy, incomprehensible :{
RIP

A tragedy. A family with two children 7 and 5.

I know the names, pm me if you need the information.

The names were released by NZ police at 0700 this morning.

Sad to hear of this, both Paul and Kate got me into flying, PPL, CPL and C Cat.

The fly aways to Ryan's Creek were great fun as well as the cross countries into Big Bay, Milford and various strips around the South Island. They gave more practical instruction to a budding CPL than what you got at the sausage factories, mainly because it's what they did as the charter side of the business.

Thank you both for your guidance and great memories.

kaikohe76
 

obviously know little about the people involved then