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| Date: | Monday 8 February 1982 |
| Time: | c. 14:00 |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale/DENEL SA 330L Puma |
| Owner/operator: | South African Air Force - SAAF |
| Registration: | 163 |
| MSN: | 1446 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cahama, Cunene -
 Angola
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ongiva (Ondjiva Pereira) Airport (VPE/FNGI) |
| Ondangua |
Crash-landed on road from Ongiva Airport and suffered Cat.5 damage after experiencing tail rotor failure. A/C Commander Leon Postma, co-pilot Lew Hartley and F/E Alwyn Vermeulen.
Sources:
unknown
http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/history/saaf/attrition-summaries
Images:
On site the following day
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2010 04:52 | TB | Added |
| 07-Sep-2011 12:24 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2012 06:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Oct-2012 06:48 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Apr-2015 08:17 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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