ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17730
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| Date: | Tuesday 18 January 2005 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Ted Smith Aerostar 600 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N7478S |
| MSN: | 60-0041-90 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ergenis Farm 7km south of Cornelia, Free State -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | FAWB (Wonderboom) |
| FAHR (Harrismith) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The American registered Smith 600 Aerostar took off from Wonderboom Airport near Pretoria at 16:30 on a one hour flight to Harrismith in the Free State. On board were the owner and pilot, well known and much respected Dirk de Vos, Gerhard Bekker, an architect from Harrismith, Edwin Mahabeer, an engineer from Durban and two of South Africa's top cyclists, Jaco Odendaal and Jaco de Witt, both aged 22.
According to the official weather report, the most likely weather conditions at the place of the accident were partly cloudy with isolated thundershowers. Although there were no eyewitnesses to the accident, local inhabitants reported a severe storm in the vicinity of the accident site at the estimated time of the accident.
Probable Cause
The pilot may have lost control of the aircraft due to adverse weather conditions and entered a spiral whilst descending for landing at Harrismith.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1649105,00.html
2. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1649114,00.html
3. https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1106118901891B214
4. https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw110613312178B262
5. https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050120133403508C519541
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.cyclingforums.com/showthread.php?t=210369]
7. http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/More_Sport/0,,2-9-32_1649297,00.html
8. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1649295,00.html
9. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1649535,00.html
10. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1649443,00.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-May-2008 00:21 | Topaz | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 05-Jun-2020 11:55 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
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