ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272412
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| Date: | Saturday 15 October 2011 |
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| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-401B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-SRX |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Riversdale area at GPS position S34 07.96 E21 09.633 -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Private field in the Riversdale area in the Western Cape |
| Private field in the Riversdale area in the Western Cape | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was conducting a crop spraying detail in some wheat fields in the Riversdale area in the Western Cape when the accident occurred. The crop spraying detail took place in visual meteorological conditions in an easterly to westerly direction over the field. The pilot reported that during the crop spray detail, the aircraft collided with some power lines perpendicular to the aircraft's flight path and crashed. The pilot was not injured in the accident. The aircraft sustained substantial damage. Probable Cause The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft after colliding with electrical conductors. Contributory Factor: Poor situational awareness.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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