Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Date: | Friday 23 December 1994 |
Type: | Beechcraft B100 King Air |
Operator: | private |
Registration: | ZS-MSG |
MSN: | BE-75 |
First flight: | 1979 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Vrede ( South Africa)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa |
Destination airport: | Durban International Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa |
Narrative:The aircraft was on an ad hoc charter flight from to Durban to attend to an AOG (aircraft on ground) there.
While passing the town of Vrede, the aircraft inadvertently entered a thunderstorm, control was lost and the aircraft entered a high speed descent and broke up in flight. The main fuselage fell into the front garden of a house and was completely destroyed. Fortunately nobody on the ground was injured. The tail section was found approximately one kilometer away on a hockey field. There was a post impact fire which also consumed a large portion of the house.
Classification:
Thunderstorm
Loss of control
Sources:
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avcom.co.za
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Johannesburg International Airport to Durban International Airport as the crow flies is 500 km (313 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.