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| Date: | Wednesday 25 March 2015 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Type: |  RAF 2000 GTX SE FI |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-DVB |
| MSN: | H2-03-14-607 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Uitenhage Airport, UItenhage, Eastern Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Uitenhage Airport, Uitenhage, RSA (FAUH) |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
25-3-15 - Uitenhage, South Africa - RAF 2000 GTX SE FI - ZU-DVB - Fatal - the gyrocopter crashed shortly after take off a few hundred metres from the airfield at Uitenhage. The gyrocopter subsequently caught fire. Both the pilot and the passenger were killed in this accident.
A preliminary SA CAA summary states ""According to the witness, the aircraft took from runway 26 and climb without incident. On downwind at about 200 feet AMSL the aircraft pitched to a nose down attitude where after it crashed into a bushy terrain and burst into flames""
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.ecr.co.za/post/two-die-ec-gyrocopter-crash/
2. http://www.asra.org.au/news/forums/topic/raf-down-in-south-africa-unfortunately-2-pob-fatal/
3. http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-herald-south-africa/20150326/281479274910865/TextView
4. http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showphoto.php?photo=170076&title=rotary-air-force-raf-2000-gtx-se-fi-zu-dvb-uitenhage-fauh&cat=576
5. http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/gyrocopter-accidents.html
6. https://www.algoafm.co.za/Article/45151/probe-into-uitenhage-gyrocopter-crash-gets-underway
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2015 20:53 | Anon. | Added |
| 25-Mar-2015 20:54 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Mar-2015 06:38 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, ] |
| 28-Mar-2015 06:38 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 29-Mar-2015 15:23 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 02-Aug-2016 21:04 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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