ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 270433
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| Date: | Saturday 11 December 2021 |
| Time: | 12:08 |
| Type: |  Slick 360 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-MDA |
| MSN: | 360-0604 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Syferfontein, Westonoria -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | FASY |
| FASY | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The pilot was one out of 11 participants of the competition and had chosen and submitted an aerobatic display sequence for the competition. During the half Cuban eight manoeuvre, eyewitnesses reported that the aircraft’s left wing stalled, and the aircraft continued to descend. The pilot dropped the aircraft nose to regain speed which led to a loss of significant height. The aircraft was seen in a nose-down attitude accelerating in what was seen to be an attempt by the pilot to recover from the stall, however, the aircraft impacted the ground in a nose down and wings level attitude.
The pilot died in the crash and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://news365.co.za/aircraft-crash-3/
https://maroelamedia.co.za/nuus/sa-nuus/vlieenier-sterf-in-ligtevliegtuig-ongeluk/
CAA S.A.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Slick_360_ZU-MDA_%286777241888%29.jpg (photo)
https://randfonteinherald.co.za/393374/pilot-killed-in-westonaria-aircraft-crash-one-of-the-greats/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2021 15:28 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Dec-2021 16:27 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Dec-2021 17:26 | harro | Updated [[Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
| 19-Dec-2021 07:26 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Feb-2022 20:05 | harro | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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