ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152399
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| Date: | 10-JAN-2013 |
| Time: | c. 07:00 |
| Type: | Windlass Aquila Trike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | Missing |
| C/n / msn: | ? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wintervogel Airfield, Malmesbury, Western Cape -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Wintervogel Airfield |
| Wintervogel Airfield |
An Aquila trike with pilot and a passenger departed Wintervogel Airstrip, Malmesbury, Western Cape, on a local sight-seeing flight. The trike was returning to land to pick up another passenger when it crashed in a field near the hangars, caught fire and burnt out. There were two fatalities.
Sources:
1. Avcom
2. Light aircraft crashes near Malmesbury
3. Two dead in Western Cape plane crash
http://web.archive.org/web/20130113040830/http://www.sabc.co.za:80/news/a/bca98a004e211c6e8728b7f251b4e4e2/Two-dead-in-Western-Cape-plane-crash-20130110
https://tracks4africa.co.za/listings/item/w126573/
https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/westerncape/take-flight-in-a-microlight/
http://www.leeulekker.com/articles/view/south-africa/western-cape/malmesbury/microlights-hang-gliders/aquila_microlight_safaris
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2013 01:13 | Topaz | Added |
| 10-Jan-2013 02:22 | Topazs | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Jan-2013 03:10 | Topaz | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Jan-2013 12:03 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
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