ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 186069
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| Date: | Friday 1 April 2016 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Weight-shift-control Trike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-IAF |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Glendale, Ilembe District, KZN -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Apparently the microlight plane, while crop dusting, hit some power lines and crashed. The pilot died in the crash.
Sources:
https://www.ecr.co.za/news/news/man-killed-ilembe-district-plane-crash/
http://ewn.co.za/2016/04/01/Man-killed-in-microlight-crash-in-KZN
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Apr-2016 10:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Apr-2016 10:17 | gerard57 | Updated [Nature, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2016 00:53 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Source] |
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