ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 86990
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| Date: | Friday 25 May 2007 |
| Time: | +-11h30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 210N Centurion II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-KVK |
| MSN: | 21064268 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Koppies Dam, south of Parys, Free State -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAKD (Klerksdorp) |
| FAKD (Klerksdorp) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was participating in the 2007 President's Trophy Air Race. On day 2, after reaching the turn point at Koppies Dam, the pilot executed a tight turn around the marker, after which he rolled out, and I (navigator) could point to a new reference point. The aircraft lost power, and in his endeavor to maintain height, the pilot pulled the nose up. The rear of the aeroplane touched water app 1 nm from the turning point,which was on the banks to the side of the dam. This caused a violent shudder in tha plane, with stall- and landing gear alarms blowing. On the video I have, water can be seen trailing from the back of the plane, not from the wing, before the pilot could turn towards the eastern bank of the dam. (The plane became airborne again after the first violent bump.) Only then was the airspeed low enough for the plane to stall, and did the belly and rh wing hit water. .The occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft then partially sank in shallow water. It was subesequently salvaged and rebuilt.
Sources:
I was the navigator and expierenced the accident first hand.
Images:
+- 4 June 2007 Koppies dam while salvaging,
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Dec-2010 11:18 | Topaz | Added |
| 01-Jun-2013 12:17 | baken | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2022 07:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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