ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 320123
| Date: | Thursday 3 March 2016 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 208 Caravan I |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
| Registration: | 3004 |
| MSN: | 20800130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Langebaanweg Air Force Base -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Langebaanweg Air Force Base (SDB/FALW) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A South African Air Force Caravan aircraft crash landed on a private farm just past midnight whilst on a routine night flying exercise at Air Force Base Langebaanweg. The pilots were recovered by the Base Rescue Capability. Both pilots sustained varying degrees of injuries and they are currently hospitalized.
Sources:
Department of Defence S.A. Statement
Images:
photo (c) Ray Watts; Langebaanweg Air Force Base; 09 September 2008
photo (c) Bob Adams; Cape Town-Ysterplaat Air Force Base (FAYP); 20 September 2008
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