ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 231058
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| Date: | Monday 2 December 2019 |
| Time: | 15:55 UTC |
| Type: |  Scheibe SF 25D |
| Owner/operator: | Garden Route Gliding |
| Registration: | ZS-UUA |
| MSN: | 4681D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Plettenberg Airport, Western Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Plettenberg Airport (PBZ/FAPG) |
| Plettenberg Airport (PBZ/FAPG) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Scheibe SF 25D with registration ZS-UUA took off on a commercial flight from Plettenberg Bay Aerodrome (FAPG) with the intention to land back at FAPG. On-board the glider were the pilot and the passenger. The passenger was issued a ticket prior to the flight as this was a commercial flight. Approximately 270 metres (m) short of the threshold of Runway 30 at FAPG, the motorised glider impacted terrain in a steep nose-down attitude. The two occupants on-board the glider were still alive when the first responders arrived at the scene. Emergency services were informed of the accident and had responded swiftly to the accident site. However, the passenger succumbed to his injuries later at the scene, and the pilot succumbed to his injuries in hospital on the same evening.
A close circuit television (CCTV) camera attached to an apron floodlight and positioned facing the approach side of Runway 30 captured the motorised glider on final approach in a wings level attitude, then the right wing dropped and the glider pitched nose down and remained in a steep nose-down attitude until it impacted the ground. The motorised glider was destroyed during the accident sequence.
Probable Cause/s and/or Contributory Factors
The pilot failed to maintain flying speed and, most probably, the glider entered an inadvertent stall due to the wind gradient, which the pilot underestimated.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.knysnaplettherald.com/News/Article/General/plett-1-killed-in-light-aircraft-crash-201912020720
https://www.247news.africa/news/two-men-die-after-glider-crashes-near-plettenberg-bay-airport/399220AN/
https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/two-men-die-after-glider-crashes-near-plettenberg-bay-airport-38524240
https://www.sapeople.com/2019/12/03/tributes-pour-in-for-legendary-sa-pilot-killed-in-air-crash-in-plettenberg-bay/
https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/plettenberg-bay-aircraft-crash-latest-news-death-
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http://www.caa.co.za/Occurence%20Reports/December%202019.pdf
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Dec-2019 02:28 | Geno | Added |
| 03-Dec-2019 05:29 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2019 11:59 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2019 18:02 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Embed code] |
| 04-Dec-2019 00:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2019 00:10 | RobertMB | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2020 14:20 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2021 06:47 | harro | Updated [Operator, Embed code] |
| 16-Oct-2023 05:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Embed code]] |
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