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| Date: | Sunday 29 April 2018 |
| Time: | 13:15 LT |
| Type: |  Taylorcraft BC12-D |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-BLD |
| MSN: | 7750 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7 NM west of Vryheid, Sangoma, Northern KwaZulu Natal -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Vryheid Airport (VYD/FAVY) |
| Vereeniging (FAVV) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft with two onboard was found to have crashed on a mountainside. Weather may have been a factor to the accident.
The pilot (85) and his 82-year-old woman friend died.
The aircraft wreckage was only found early the day after by a Vryheid farmer.
Sources:
https://vryheidherald.co.za/73857/plane-crash-claims-two-lives-following-national-eaa-convention-hosted-vryheid/
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http://aviationdirect.co.za/event/7746/
Media:
Plane crash claims two lives following national EAA convention hosted in Vryheid | Vryheid Herald https://t.co/flVT50A2wd pic.twitter.com/fpgcGGWbzM
— Vryheid Herald (@vryheidherald) 30 avril 2018
An octogenarian pilot and his woman friend died when their plane crashed into a mountain near Vryheid while on a joyride on Sunday, South Africa. the wreckage was only found monday morning.https://t.co/zqeShPg13A via @News24 pic.twitter.com/oRrUoFzRUl
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 1 mai 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 17:40 | Anon. | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 17:42 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2018 18:26 | ctyone | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 30-Apr-2018 18:26 | harro | Updated [Date, ] |
| 30-Apr-2018 20:02 | Geno | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Apr-2018 20:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 01-May-2018 06:53 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Embed code, ] |
| 01-May-2018 15:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Aug-2019 16:32 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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