ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 156138
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| Date: | Saturday 25 May 2013 |
| Time: | 11:00 UTC |
| Type: |  RAF 2000 GTX SE FI |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-DTD |
| MSN: | H2-04-15-615 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Papkuilsfontein -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Morningstar Aerodrome |
| Loeriesfontein | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On Saturday 25 May 2013 two gyrocopters took off from Morningstar aerodrome near Cape Town on a pleasure flight to the town of Loeriesfontein in the Northern Cape province. The pilots communicated with each other every 15 minutes during the duration of the flight to establish position and operations normal.
When, during one of the 15 minute calls the lead pilot could not establish radio communication with the second gyrocopter, he turned around and flew back on their track to look for the second gyrocopter. When he could not find the second gyrocopter, he decided to continue with the flight to Loeriesfontein and wait there for him to arrive.
Sometime after he landed at Loeriesfontein he received a phone call whereby he was informed that the wreckage of ZU-DTD was found on the farm Papkuilsfontein where it had crashed. The pilot was fatally injured and the gyrocopter destroyed during the sequence of the accident.
Probable Cause
The pilot suffered from a cardiovascular event in-flight, which resulted in incapacitation in the air, rendering
the gyrocopter uncontrollable with ground impact inevitable.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://gyroaccidents.blogspot.nl/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2013 08:15 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-May-2013 22:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Cn, Location] |
| 09-Apr-2021 17:14 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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