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| Date: | Saturday 29 July 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman American AA-1A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-VYI |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private Farm – The Mynde (Sugar cane plantation) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | The Mynde private airfield - Pietermaritzburg |
| Pietermaritzburg Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, accompanied by a passenger, flew the aircraft on a private flight under visual flight rules during daytime from The Mynde airfield, Baynesfield, with the intention to fly to Cato Ridge. The aircraft was observed by a witnesses taking off from the runway and flying over the farm house at low altitude. The aircraft then turned to the right and during the turn the nose section of the aircraft suddenly pitched down sharply. The aircraft then hit the ground in that attitude. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Probable Cause The aircraft stalled at low altitude while executing a steep turn to the right.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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