_and_ZS-NJX_(Ex_SAAF_884),_Vereeniging.jpg) ZS-NJX (right) in formation with another ex-SAAF Piaggio Albatross in September 2010 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 August 2011 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Mamotswiri Peak, Limpopo, South Africa 24°05.107′S 030°11.230′E / 24.085117°S 30.187167°E (ZS-NJX) |
| Total fatalities | 13 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
| Type | Piaggio P.166S Albatross |
| Registration | ZS-NJX |
| Flight origin | Tzaneen Airfield, Tzaneen, South Africa |
| Destination | Rand Airport, Germiston, South Africa |
| Occupants | 6 |
| Passengers | 5 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 6 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| Type | Piaggio P.166S Albatross |
| Registration | ZU-MMI |
| Flight origin | Tzaneen Airfield, Tzaneen, South Africa |
| Destination | Rand Airport, Germiston, South Africa |
| Occupants | 7 |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 7 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 14 August 2011, a pair of privately-owned Piaggio P.166 Albatross aircraft crashed into the Wolkberg mountains in the Limpopo province of South Africa, killing all 13 people on board both planes. The aircraft had departed minutes earlier from Tzaneen, and were flying in formation towards Johannesburg when they struck the mountain in cloud.[1][2]
The subsequent investigation found no evidence of any technical problem with the aircraft and cited adverse weather and poor flight planning as factors in the accident.[3]
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- ^ Louw-Carstens, Marietie (17 August 2011). "Plane victims' families 'shattered'". Beeld. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ Aircraft Accident Report and Executive Summary (PDF) (Report). South African Civil Aviation Authority. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.