ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273348
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| Date: | Sunday 12 December 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-32-300 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-NAR |
| MSN: | 32-7240056 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 NM NW of Plettenberg Bay Airport -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Kimberly |
| Plettenberg Bay | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and his passengers departed Kimberley on the morning of 12 December 1999 in a Piper Cherokee Six (PA32-300) for a private flight to Plettenberg Bay. At their destination they encountered fog/mist, and subsequently struck high-tension wires and crashed 0.5 NM from where it had impacted with the wires. The accident occurred in daylight (with poor visibility) at a geographical position determined as 34s?04'76'?S and 023s?17'83'?E at an elevation of 450 f t. Eyewitnesses at the airport and near the accident scene confirmed that there was fog and that the visibility was poor. PROBABLE CAUSE: The probable cause for this accident can be attributed to the fact that the non-instrument rated pilot entered instrument meteorology conditions, descended too low and struck high-tension conductors that rendered the aircraft uncontrollable.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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