ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156724
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| Date: | 01-JAN-1952 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Cessna 140 |
| Owner/operator: | Commercial Air Services (Natal) |
| Registration: | ZS-BFH |
| MSN: | 10695 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Cato Ridge, Camperdown, 49 km WNW Durban -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Pietermaritzburg, South Africa |
| Stamford Hill Airfield, Durban, South Africa | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Tragedy struck on 1 January 1952 when sisters Marie "Cookie" Mills and Lorraine Mills were killed when a Cessna 140, flown by Cookie, crashed in mist at Cato Ridge while on the way back to Durban. The aircraft had been hired that morning by Cookie, a keen pilot, so that the girls could visit their sister Joan in Pietermaritzburg for New Year's Day lunch. The board of inquiry found that the aircraft had crashed due to the mist, but that the pilot should have turned back.
Sources:
1. Fortune Favours the Bold By Capt. Donald L. Van Dyke, FRAeS
2. http://www.fad.co.za/Resources/aviation/acci/dents.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2013 07:30 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 19-Jun-2013 07:42 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2013 07:46 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2015 17:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Mar-2015 17:48 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport] |
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