ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 169886
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| Date: | Monday 15 September 2014 |
| Time: | 15:09 LT |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-802F |
| Owner/operator: | FFA Aviation (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-TBW |
| MSN: | 802A-0208 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Piet Retief, Mpumalanga -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | FAPF (Piet Retief) |
| FAPF (Piet Retief) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At approximately 10:36 UTC, a forest fire was reported at the Mondi Vrede farm area whereupon four Air Tractor fire-fighting aircraft and a Cessna spotter aircraft were dispatched to the designated fire area.
The pilot of Bomber 95 which was flying behind the accident aircraft (Bomber 9) stated that the accident aircraft gatebox doors did not open to release the fire retardant load. The aircraft then descended to low level of about 50ft AGL with the aircraft in a nose up attitude before the aircraft impacted pine trees ahead that severed the right-hand wing from the aircraft. The aircraft subsequently rolled over to the right-hand side into an inverted attitude and impacted the ground in a nose-down attitude of approximately 70º. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot sustained fatal injuries as a result of this accident.
Probable Cause
The aircraft right wing collided with trees during a right bank in an attempt to avoid collision with the trees.
Contributory Factors:
- It is likely that the FRDS system was operated prior to reaching the required operating pressure of 3000psi
- The aircraft operating at low speed as required by the AFM
- The hilly terrain which the aircraft was successful in avoiding collision with but collided with trees planted on the terrain
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Two planes crash in Mpumalanga
2. Aviation legend dies on duty
3. Photo of ZS-TBW at jetphotos.com
4. Photo of ZS-TBW at planespotters.net
5. Photo of ZS- TBW at airplane-pictures.net
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 2005 | EC-JKK | Avialsa T-35 | 0 | Valadares (S. Pedro do Sul) |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep-2014 06:27 | harro | Added |
| 16-Sep-2014 06:28 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Oct-2014 07:34 | JJ | Updated [Time, Registration, Location, Phase, Nature] |
| 09-Dec-2014 10:19 | El_serj | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 10-Mar-2015 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Oct-2018 21:34 | Topaz | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jan-2022 19:50 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
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