ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75828
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 July 2010 |
| Time: | c. 16:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 182M Skylane |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-RGN |
| MSN: | 18259828 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | On the mountainside of Welgevonden/Salique Forest, NW of Bushbuckridge -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FANS (Nelspruit/Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport) |
| FAHT (Hoedspruit Airport) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The Cessna 182M took off from Nelspruit Kruger Mpumalanga Airport at 16:00 for a flight to Hoedspruit. Approximately half an hour after take off, the aircraft collided with the mountainside of the Welgevonden/Salique Forest north west of Bushbuckridge. Deteriorating weather conditions and low cloud are believed to have contributed to the accident. A search helicopter discovered the wrecked aircraft around 07:43 on Thursday July 22nd. Both occupants were killed in the crash.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Two die in plane crash
2. Two-die-in-light-aircraft-crash
3. 2 dead in Hoedspruit-bound plane crash
4. Vliegongeluk ruk Laeveld Aeroklub
5. Plane crash claims two people's lives
6. 2 sterf toe hul vliegtuig teen berg vasvlieg
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jul-2010 04:46 | RobertMB | Added |
| 22-Jul-2010 07:03 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Source] |
| 23-Jul-2010 01:35 | Topaz | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2010 01:43 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Aug-2010 14:34 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 17-Aug-2011 02:25 | Topaz | Updated [Source] |
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