ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34510
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Date: | Tuesday 21 October 2008 |
Time: | 08:15 |
Type: | Piper PA-32R-300 Lance |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | ZS-JZF |
MSN: | 32R-7780024 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Old Wesbank Raceway, Germiston, Gauteng -
South Africa
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | FAGM (Rand Airport) |
Destination airport: | FAFB (Ficksburg) |
Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Aircraft experienced technical difficulties just after take-off from Runway 35 at Rand Airport. Pilot contacted Rand ATC and requested an emergency landing, but crashed in the grounds of the old Wesbank Raceway, approximately 2km from the airport. The pilot headed for a strip of open ground within the old raceway complex, but collided with a pile of rocks, which ripped off the undercarriage. The aircraft then flipped upside down and came to rest approximately 50m further on, where is was subsequently consumed by fire.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
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BREAKING NEWS: Six people killed in plane crash 2.
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6 die in Germiston air crash 4.
Six killed in Germiston air crash 5.
6 sterf toe tuig naby N3 val 6.
Transkripsie: dramatiese laaste oomblikke 7.
Vlieënier van doodsvlug was u2018baie ervareu2019 8.
Fout, swaar vrag laat vliegtuig dalk val 9.
Alarm - toe sterf al 6 10.
Crash victims Deloitte workers 11.
Crash deaths shock Deloitte 12.
'Juliet Zulu Foxtrot...' 13.
Air crash shocks Deloitte 14.
Still no clarity on plane crash 15.
Doomed plane's weight under scrutiny 16.
Photo Gallery Images:
Rand Airport, September 14, 2008 - 10:31 AM
Revision history:
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21-Oct-2008 00:11 |
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21-Oct-2008 00:47 |
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21-Oct-2008 05:12 |
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21-Oct-2008 06:06 |
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21-Oct-2008 14:37 |
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24-Oct-2008 08:35 |
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