ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206751
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| Date: | Saturday 24 February 2018 |
| Time: | 10:47 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna T210N |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-KOM |
| MSN: | 21064526 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oudtshoorn, Western Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Mossel Bay Airport (MZY/FAMO) |
| Graaf Reinet (FAGR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
On Saturday, 24 February 2018 at approximately 1020Z, a pilot and a passenger took-off on a private flight from Mossel Bay Aerodrome (FAMO) to Graaff-Reinet Aerodrome (FAGR). The aircraft disappeared from the secondary surveillance radar while en route to FAGR.
The aeronautical rescue coordination centre (ARCC) received notification that the aircraft had not arrived at its intended destination. The ARCC activated a search and rescue mission for the missing aircraft at 1435Z.
As it became dark, the search was suspended until the following day. All available data was analysed. Using the radar data, an area was identified where the aircraft had most probably gone off the radar. The wreckage of the aircraft was located early in the morning of 25 February 2018 by a helicopter crew that participated in the search and rescue operation. The aircraft was located approximately 8 km (4.3 nm) north of the Outshore aerodrome (FAOH), where it had crashed in a restricted area (FAR47).
The aircraft was found destroyed and in an inverted attitude upon impact with terrain. The on-site investigation team established that the aircraft had an in-flight break-up and that the engine was not operating at the time of impact. Moreover, at the time of the accident, instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed with overcast conditions and light rain reported. The pilot and the passenger were fatally injured.
The investigation revealed that the aircraft entered IMC and the pilot most likely became spatially disoriented. The aircraft then started to break-up in-flight; the engine stopped running due to fuel starvation when the aircraft was flying inverted. This resulted in the pilot losing control of the aircraft as the aircraft design limitations were exceeded and, therefore, crashing on the terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://ewn.co.za/2018/02/26/2-people-killed-in-plane-crash-in-oudtshoorn
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/2-bodies-found-as-missing-plane-is-located-20180226
ASA bulletin 27 Feb 2018
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 January 1970 | ZS-KOM | AVBOB | 0 | Springs Airfield, Gauteng | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2018 09:15 | gerard57 | Added |
| 26-Feb-2018 15:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
| 26-Feb-2018 15:47 | Geno | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2018 19:38 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 13-May-2018 17:54 | harro | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
| 12-Jan-2019 12:03 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn, Departure airport] |
| 26-Feb-2020 07:33 | harro | Updated [Date, Time, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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