ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 184178
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 2016 |
| Time: | 11:18 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six |
| Owner/operator: | Sky Africa |
| Registration: | ZS-PME |
| MSN: | 32-7340102 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wattville, Benoni, Gauteng -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Brakpan Aerodrome (FABB) |
| Entabeni Lodget | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 3 February 2016 at approximately 0945Z, the pilot accompanied by two passengers took off from Runway 36 at Brakpan Aerodrome (FABB) after the aircraft’s fuel tanks were refuelled to full capacity with 84 gallons (United States Gallons). This was followed by a pre-flight inspection that was carried out on the aircraft. According to eyewitnesses at Wattville township, the aircraft was flying very low over the residential area; and it had appeared as if the aircraft was having trouble gaining height. The aircraft’s right-hand main landing gear wheel then impacted the top section of the street light pole, where after, the right-hand wing dropped downwards and impacted a brick wall, causing the wing-tip to break off. The right wing then impacted the roof of a shack. The aircraft rolled over into an inverted attitude before the right-side wing collided with a tree, causing the wing to separate from the aircraft. The aircraft’s main wreckage came to rest approximately 120 metres from the first point of impact. A post-impact fire erupted during the accident sequence when the aircraft collided with the tree. Some of the local community members who had witnessed the accident helped pull out the occupants from the main wreckage and had attempted to extinguish the fire using buckets filled with water. The pilot and the two passengers were fatally injured during the accident. The aircraft was destroyed during the impact sequence as well as by the post-impact fire that erupted thereafter.
Cause:
The aircraft was operated close to its maximum weight limit, outside of its centre of gravity (CG) limit, and at a high-density altitude, leading to a poor take-off and climb performance which resulted in a crash.
Contributing factors
Poor or no pre-flight planning.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://twitter.com/CICArsa/status/694824272561336320
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2016-02-03-three-killed-as-plane-crashes-in-benoni-park/
https://benonicitytimes.co.za/243653/update-australian-couple-pilot-killed-in-wattville-plane-crash/
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/three-killed-in-horrific-benoni-plane-crash/
http://orf.at/stories/2322582/
http://skyafrica.com/about/aircraft/
http://skyafrica.com/newsletter-march-2014/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Feb-2016 10:36 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Feb-2016 10:36 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2016 10:39 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 03-Feb-2016 11:58 | paulm7010 | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 03-Feb-2016 12:24 | Anon. | Updated [Phase] |
| 03-Feb-2016 17:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Feb-2016 17:43 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2016 14:58 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Feb-2016 07:40 | Anon. | Updated [Phase] |
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