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Date: | Friday 10 August 2012 |
Time: | 13:25 LT |
Type: | Pipistrel Taurus 503 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | ZU-GAN |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Near Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal -
South Africa
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Ardmore-El Mirador Airport (FALQ) |
Destination airport: | Ardmore-El Mirador Airport (FALQ) |
Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:A man was killed on Friday afternoon 10 August 2012 when his microlight / ultralight glider crashed near Winterton in KwaZulu-Natal.
The crash took place near the Champagne Sports Resort, in the Champagne Valley of the Central Drakensberg, shortly before 2pm.
When the other pilots arrived they said the pilot had done a high speed low level pass, the aircraft began to pitch up and down then the chute deployed. The chute failed and the aircraft impacted about 1km from the El Mirador airfield."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/microlight-pilot-killed-in-crash-1.1360166 http://microlighters.co.za/viewtopic.php?p=186494&sid=d5a6843dc50ebe76cb182dec8a7c5691
http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showthread.php?50841-Microlight-pilot-killed-in-crash-near-Winterton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipistrel_Taurus
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
12-Aug-2012 02:59 |
gerard57 |
Added |
12-Aug-2012 21:42 |
Geno |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
14-Aug-2012 14:43 |
Alpine Flight |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
19-Aug-2012 10:21 |
Anon. |
Updated [Time, Registration, Narrative] |
16-Oct-2023 06:36 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [[Time, Registration, Narrative]] |