Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 OCT 1986 |
| Type: | Dassault Falcon 10 |
| Operator: | Rembrandt Tobacco |
| Registration: | 3D-ART |
| C/n / msn: | 061 |
| First flight: | 1975 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Magoebaskloof (South Africa)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Due to high cockpit workload the crew misread the cloud-break procedure plate while executing an NDB approach. The Falcon collided with a high ground obscured by clouds at 5200 feet amsl.
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F-WZGD ended up as 3D-ART
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.
