ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147316
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| Date: | Thursday 2 August 2012 |
| Time: | 12:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-180 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Numibyte |
| Registration: | ZS-EBX |
| MSN: | 28-2049 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAVG |
| Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The light aircraft clipped one of its wings on cane as it came in for a landing at an air strip at around 12pm on Thursday 2 August 2012.
The airplane encountered wind shear and spun out of control and landed in the nearby sugarcane field.
The Piper aircraft has been seriously damaged. The two passengers onboard the aircraft were not injured.
Sources:
http://www.ecr.co.za/kagiso/content/en/east-coast-radio/east-coast-radio-news?oid=1692500&sn=Detail&pid=490476&Plane-crash-lands-in-Cato-Ridge
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/pilot-passenger-survive-crash-1.1355888#.UBv4d6C8iLk
http://www.caa.co.za/Occurence%20Reports/August%202012.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2012 07:54 | gerard57 | Added |
| 03-Aug-2012 10:47 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Mar-2021 12:28 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative] |
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