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CESSNA 206 CFIT

SA Flyer Magazine

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November 2022

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT

CESSNA 206 CFIT

This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability.

The CAA's report contains padding and repetition, so in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively. 

Aircraft registration: ZS-DIV

Date and time of accident: 29 November 2018, 1503Z

Type of aircraft: Cessna U206D

Type of operation: Private (Part 91)

PIC license type: PPL Validation

License valid: Yes

PIC age: 49

PIC total hours: 175

PIC hours on type 7

Last point of departure: Nelspruit

Next point of intended landing: Wonderboom

Location of accident site: Machadodorp Sappi forestry at 4697ft AMSL

Meteorological information: 90°/4 kts. Temp: 17°C. Dew Point: 11°C. Viz: Overcast. Clouds; 1500 ft AGL

POB: 2+3

People injured: 4

People killed: 1

History of Flight

On 29 Nov 2018, Cessna U206D, ZS-DIV, operating as a VFR private flight from Nelspruit to Wonderboom crashed at 1503Z. No flight plan was filed.

On-board were two pilots and three passengers. The pilot in the left seat was the pilot-incommand (PIC) and the pilot on the right was the pilot monitoring (PM).

The aircraft owner reported that the aircraft was hired by the PIC as a means of transportation for her and her siblings to scatter the ashes of a cremated family member around Hoedspruit area in Limpopo Province.

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