ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17818
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| Date: | Saturday 18 September 1999 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Type: | Bushbaby |
| Owner/operator: | J.W. Botha / Pilot Carel Groenewald |
| Registration: | ZU-BCX |
| MSN: | SN-34 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ermelo, Mpumalanga -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAEO (Ermelo) |
| FASC (Secunda) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Carel Groenewald (24) and Chris Green (24), employees of Kit Planes for Africa, took off from Ermelo Airfield in the No 2 of three of the company's Bushbaby aircraft after attending the Peter Cilliers Memorial Airshow. After take-off the aircraft turned downwind, stalled and crashed into a quarry. The aircraft exploded on impact.
Probable Cause:
The pilot stalled the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
 |
|
Sources:
1. SACAA
2. https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw937681501422B214
3. https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw937748100232B214
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2008 06:28 | Topaz | Added |
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