ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 75913
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| Date: | 24-JUL-2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat |
| Owner/operator: | Sting Aerial Surveys |
| Registration: | ZU-ESB |
| MSN: | 214 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pietermaritzburg, KZN -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FAPM (Pietermaritzburg Airport) |
| FAPM (Pietermaritzburg Airport) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA SouthAfrica |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft apparently collided with a Base Tranceiver Station (cell phone mast) and crashed into a Wartburg sugar cane field alongside the R614 road. The two occupants (a 17 year old pilot and his 52 year old father) sustained fatal injuries in the crash. The pilot had passed his pilot's licence two weeks previously and had just received his licence in the post on the day of the crash.
Sources:
1. Two killed in Pietermaritzburg light aircraft crash
2. Two killed in aircraft crash
3. Father, son killed in plane crash
Accident investigation:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2010 08:13 | slowkid | Added |
| 24-Jul-2010 12:44 | Topaz | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ] |
| 25-Jul-2010 03:36 | Topaz | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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