Tauranga man dies in plane crash

The pilot who died when his Cessna Skyhawk crashed near Arrowtown Golf Club on Monday was Tauranga man Ian Douglas Sloan.

The 59-year-old man was returning to Invercargill when his plane crashed onto the golf course at 3.15pm on Monday, October 17, during a landing approach to a neighbouring private airstrip.


Queenstown police have not released any further details of two passengers who survived the crash, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 60s.

They have been transferred to Dunedin Hospital where they are reported to be in a stable condition.

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