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| Date: | Thursday 11 September 2008 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Air Tractor AT-502B |
| Owner/operator: | Ag Sprayers (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-NZU |
| MSN: | 502B-0405 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm Franskraal, 4km from Caledon, Western Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | Caledon |
| Caledon | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Aircraft suffered a bird strike with a Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea). It apparently hit the windshield and incapacitated the pilot, as feathers were found in the cockpit . The aircraft then flew into the ground, bounced twice and flipped upside down.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Fly Africa: Cropsprayer Crash
2. Die Burger: Photo Gallery
3. Kraanvoël veroorsaak dalk dood van vlieënier
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Sep-2008 09:13 | Topaz | Added |
| 11-Sep-2008 23:32 | Topaz | Updated |
| 11-Sep-2008 23:53 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2008 00:11 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2008 00:45 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2008 00:52 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2008 02:57 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2008 03:43 | Topaz | Updated |
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