ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48780
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| Date: | Tuesday 16 December 2008 |
| Time: | 07:00 |
| Type: | Thunderbird Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | FM Safaris (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-VYB |
| MSN: | TDE 18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Summit Airfield, Midrand, Gauteng -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Summit Airfield |
| Unknown | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Thunderbird microlight had just taken off on a delivery flight, when it crashed on a gravel road about 200m from the airfield. The wind was observed to be quite strong at the time.
Sources:
1. Vlieënier sterf toe tuig val
2. Pilot dies in Midrand plane crash
3. Investigation continues into mircolight crash
4. Pilot killed in microlight crash
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Dec-2008 11:50 | Topaz | Added |
| 17-Dec-2008 08:16 | Topaz | Updated |
| 06-Jan-2009 05:01 | Topaz | Updated |
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