Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary - official |
| Date: | 24 SEP 2009 |
| Time: | ca 08:00 |
| Type: | British Aerospace 4121 Jetstream 41 |
| Operator: | SA Airlink |
| Registration: | ZS-NRM |
| C/n / msn: | 41069 |
| First flight: | 1995 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-14GR-805H |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Merebank, near Durban International Airport (South Africa)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa |
| Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB/FAPM), South Africa | |
| Flightnumber: | 8911 |
The aircraft was on a positioning flight, SA8911, from Durban International Airport (DUR) to Pietermaritzburg (PZB). It has been reported that the aircraft suffered an engine failure on take off and that the crew declared an emergency. The aircraft then crashed onto a vacant lot and slid into primary school grounds at Merebank approximately 400m from the runway and broke up. The plane is said to have struck a municipal worker on the ground who was cleaning the street. The crew consisting of two pilots and a flight attendant were seriously injured and have been airlifted to the St Augustine's hospital by helicopter. The captain is in critical condition with serious leg injuries and died October 7. The others were reported as being in stable condition
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN) to Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB/FAPM) as the crow flies is 64 km (40 miles).
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.
Distance from Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN) to Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB/FAPM) as the crow flies is 64 km (40 miles).
