ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 20584
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| Date: | Friday 28 October 2005 |
| Time: | 11:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | Central Flying Academy CC / Trevor Grant |
| Registration: | ZS-MHH |
| MSN: | 172-64613 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cathedral Peak, Drakensberg -
 Lesotho
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAGC (Grand Central) |
| FAMG (Margate) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft was en route from Johannesburg to Margate. At around 11:30 the pilot radioed in a mayday reporting an engine failure and smoke in the cockpit. Shortly thereafter the aircraft flew into a mountain face at Cathedral Peak in the Drakensberg, 3km from the South African border. However, the accident reports states that there was no evidence of any fire that may have caused smoke in the cockpit and the engine was operating normally at the time of impact.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Jhb pilot dies in plane crash
2. SACAA Accident Report Cessna 172M ZS-MHH
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 September 1996 | ZS-MHH | Birpie Partnership | 0 | Eshowe. KZN |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jun-2008 15:50 | Topaz | Added |
| 25-Mar-2017 08:02 | Topaz | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative] |
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