ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22520
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 November 2003 |
| Time: | c. 10:30 |
| Type: |  Atlas Impala Mk I (MB.326M) |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force (SAAF) |
| Registration: | 530 |
| MSN: | A55 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nelspruit, Mpumalanga -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | FAHT (Hoedspruit) |
| FAHT (Hoedspruit) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The crew were on a low-level tactical navigation training exercise, reportedly flying from beacon to beacon on a mountainous route around Komatipoort. Air traffic control was then notified that they needed to divert to the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport to make an emergency landing due to unspecified technical problems. While flying at low level over the N4 highway 20km east of Nelspruit in the narrow Crocodile Gorge, both pilots elected to eject. One pilot was ejected straight into a moving truck and the other landed on a rocky patch alongside the highway after hitting trees and boulders after his parachute failed to deploy properly. Both were killed. The crippled plane, meanwhile, ploughed through trees within a metre of the busy highway, before hitting a massive boulder and exploding. Instructor Lt Andy Martin and student Lt Derek Duvendage.
Sources:
1. Pilots die after ejecting from 'doomed jet'
2. 'I saw a flaming fireball coming right at me'
3. 'Both pilots could have survived'
4. SANDF names pilots of doomed Impala jet
5. Impala jet crash pilots knew of trouble
6. Heartbroken fiancée wants to know details
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2008 01:57 | Topaz | Added |
| 14-Aug-2008 02:06 | Topaz | Updated |
| 09-May-2013 05:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Apr-2015 16:10 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:48 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 27-Mar-2021 07:55 | TB | Updated [Narrative] |
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