Incident Beechcraft 58 Baron ZS-KZG,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73404
 
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Date:Wednesday 10 March 2010
Time:08:25 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic BE58 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Beechcraft 58 Baron
Owner/operator:Sheltam Aviation
Registration: ZS-KZG
MSN: TH-1234
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Virginia Airport, Durban -   South Africa
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:FAVG
Destination airport:unk
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
A/c was reporting only getting 2 "greens", nose and left landing gear. Did 2 fly pasts where tower confirmed that all 3 gear were down, however r/h landing gear didnt look properly locked. A/c touched down runway 05 at FAVG, pilot maintained centreline and kept weight of the r/h gear for as long as possible before it collapsed, props striking the ground and a/c veered off to the right of the runway. A/c came to a standstill before impacting the bushes to the right of the runway.

Sources:

Eyewitness

http://www.avdex.co.za/saregister/photos/ZS-KZGP.jpg (photo)
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Beech-58-Baron/1664104/M (accident photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Mar-2010 01:51 samside Added
10-Mar-2010 02:24 samside Updated [Nature]
10-Mar-2010 02:49 RobertMB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source]
10-Mar-2010 14:49 RobertMB Updated [Source]
11-Mar-2010 02:43 RobertMB Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
11-Mar-2010 10:37 chulian1819 Updated [Source]

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