ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178718
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| Date: | Sunday 16 August 2015 |
| Time: | 06:50 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 441 Conquest II |
| Owner/operator: | Westair opf E-Med Rescue 24 |
| Registration: | V5-NRS |
| MSN: | 441-0288 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1982 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tygerberg Hills, Cape Town -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Ambulance |
| Departure airport: | Oranjemund, Namibia (FYOG) |
| Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The ambulance aircraft, flying from Namibia, impacted a hill, killing all five on board.
On 15 August 2015 at 2351Z a Cessna 441 aeroplane, with two crew and a paramedic on board took off from Eros Airport (FYWE) on a medical evacuation flight with their intended final destination Cape Town International Airport (FACT).
The aircraft landed at Oranjemund (FYOG) to pick up a male patient and his daughter. At 0206Z the aircraft departed from FYOG on a mercy flight to FACT. At 0343Z the aircraft made the first contact with FACT area and the aircraft was put under radar control. At 0355Z, area control advised the crew that there was a complete radar failure. The aircraft was on a descent to 6500 ft when approach advised them to prepare for a VOR approach for runway 19.
At 0429Z, while on approach for landing at FACT, all contact was lost with the aircraft. At approximately 0556Z the aircraft’s wreckage was located approximately 8 nm to the north of FACT. All five occupants on board were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and post impact fire.
The investigation revealed the aircraft collided with terrain during instrument meteorological condition (IMC) conditions while on the VOR approach for Runway 19 at FACT. At the time the ILS was working, however the approach controller offered a VOR approach for separation with an outbound aircraft as the radar was unserviceable.
During the investigation and subsequent interview conducted with the NCAA, it was evident as a result of limited resources ineffective oversight was conducted on the operator.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
Western Cape Disaster Management Services
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Small-plane-crashes-in-Tygerberg-20150816
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/5-killed-in-Cape-Town-plane-crash-20150816
https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.netwerk24.com%2Fnuus%2F2015-08-16-vliegtuig-val-in-kaapstad-5-sterf&edit-text=&authuser=0
https://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.netwerk24.com%2Fnuus%2F2015-08-16-tygerberg-gure-weer-en-geen-radar-vliegtuig-moes-op-instrumente-vlieg&edit-text=&authuser=0
http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/350488as1.jpg
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/all-five-people-board-crashed-medical-aircraft-dead
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/2015-08-16-victims-of-ambulance-aircraft-crash-identified/
http://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-star-early-edition/20150817/281479275150623/TextView
http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspxAccidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/V5-NRS.pdf
Images:
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2015 08:40 | Aviateon | Added |
| 16-Aug-2015 08:41 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 08:42 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
| 16-Aug-2015 09:21 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 09:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 09:27 | paulm7010 | Updated [Cn] |
| 16-Aug-2015 11:37 | Iceman29 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 11:54 | Iceman29 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 12:57 | Iceman29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 16-Aug-2015 17:36 | Iceman29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 17-Aug-2015 09:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2015 09:59 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Aug-2015 12:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Feb-2018 17:26 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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