ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163628
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 January 2014 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Giles G-202 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-TZT |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | A mountain gorge in the Addo Elephant National Park mountain range -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Port Alfred |
| Mossel Bay | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The single engine plane is missing between Alexandria and Port Elizabeth.
The plane probably crashed in heavy mist and fog.
The single-seater plane was one of three flying to Mossel Bay.
On 1 February 2014 the wreckage of the plane was located in a mountain gorge in the Addo Elephant National Park mountain range. The site is difficultly accessible.
The pilot is presumed not to have survived the crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.peherald.com/news/article/23381
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eastern-cape/small-plane-missing-in-eastern-cape-1.1639499#.UurwJX-9KK0
http://www.theannouncer.co.za/2014/01/light-aircraft-missing-near-alexandria/
http://www.peherald.com/news/article/23442
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_G-200
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2014 11:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 31-Jan-2014 01:56 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 31-Jan-2014 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 02-Feb-2014 09:53 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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