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CAA’S REPORT CONTAINS PADDING AND REPETITION SO, IN THE INTEREST OF CLARITY, JIM DAVIS HAS PARAPHRASED EXTENSIVELY.
This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability.
Date and Time of Accident: 15 September 2013 1030Z
Aircraft Registration: ZS-DWJ
Type of Aircraft: Piper Cherokee 235
Name of Operator: A J Fourie
Type of Operation: Private
PIC License Type: Private Pilot
Age: 55
License Valid: Yes
PIC Total Flying: 465.5 Hours
Hours on Type: 450.6
Last point of departure: Mabalingwe (FAMA), Limpopo Province
Place of intended landing: Vryburg (FAVB), North West Province
Airfield elevation: 3850’
Density altitude: 6750’
Location of the accident: 150 m NW of extended C/L of 04
Met: 350°/10KT, viz: 10 km, 35°C, no clouds
Number of people on board: 1+3
Number of people injured: 1+1
Number of people killed: 0
HISTORY OF FLIGHT
The aircraft took offflight and collided with trees and thereafter with the ground.
