ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207076
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 2018 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Van's RV-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | 9J-YRV |
| MSN: | 25505 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kawiko airstrip, Mwinilanga district -
 Zambia
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kawiko airstrip, Mwinilunga district |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Upon takeoff, the plane failed to gain enough altitude and crashed. The pilot, sole occupant, died in the crash.
Sources:
https://tumfweko.com/2018/03/05/zambian-killed-in-a-plane-crash/
https://www.themastonline.com/2018/03/05/plane-crash-kills-pilot/
http://www.zambianobserver.com/pictures-of-the-plane-crash-have-emerges/
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FXRiqePh7FI/VtBeGcdwU0I/AAAAAAAAAKE/SgVanv3KdHA/s512-Ic42/DSC09991.JPG
http://swag-trip-logs.blogspot.com/2016/01/270116-lusaka-zambia.html
Images:
Media:
A two seater plane number 9 JYR V white in colour has crashed killing the pilot identified as Charles Rea aged 65 years of Kawiko area, a Zambian by birth, also Irish by origin. https://t.co/j1wKe15dVJ via @The Zambian Observer pic.twitter.com/VeGNEuo3eh
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 6 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 16:22 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Mar-2018 16:23 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 05-Mar-2018 16:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Source, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 05-Mar-2018 18:40 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Mar-2018 07:44 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 06-Mar-2018 07:46 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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