ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17872
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| Date: | Monday 4 May 1998 |
| Time: | 12:53 |
| Type: |  Cessna 177RG Cardinal RG |
| Owner/operator: | W V Musiek CC |
| Registration: | ZS-IYU |
| MSN: | 177RG0757 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm Patrysberg, between Vredenburg & Velddrif, WC -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FASD (Saldanha) |
| FAVR (Vredendal) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After the aircraft was out of operation for some time due to a major inspection and an engine overhaul, the pilot attempted to fly the aircraft from Saldanha Aerodrome to his home town of Vredendal. The meteorological conditions were not favourable for a visual flight rules flight, there were low clouds over the area. The non-instrument rated pilot most probably entered the clouds and became spatially disorientated. He lost control of the aircraft and dived into the ground at high speed.
Probable Cause:
The pilot flew the aircraft into instrument meteorological conditions while he was not qualified to fly in such conditions. He became spatially disorientated, lost control of the aircraft and dived into the ground at high speed.
Side Note:
This was the accident in which singer and TV personality, Worsie Visser lost his life.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
SACAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-May-2008 03:23 | Topaz | Added |
| 17-May-2008 03:59 | Topaz | Updated |
| 17-May-2008 07:11 | Topaz | Updated |
| 05-Oct-2017 19:06 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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