Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 12 OKT 1982 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Comair |
| Kennzeichen: | ZS-EJK |
| Werknummer: | 19484 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 27 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 30 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Graskop (Südafrika) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | ? |
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The DC-3 was on an IFR flight when the NDB signal appeared to be unreliable. The crew decided to divert to Hoedspruit. When the ADF indicated overhead Hoedspruit, the aircraft descended in IMC and collided with a mountain, 36nm from Hoedspruit.
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
