- Date
- November 14, 2009, 10:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place
- Bredasdorp, South Africa
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- ZU-BEXEnglish Electric Lightning MK T5
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-aerobatics: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75706
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On November 14, 2009 about 1025 UTC, ZU-BEX, English Electric Lightning MK T5, crashed after the pilot reported he had experienced hydraulic failure while conducting aerobatic manuevers during an airshow near Bredasdorp, South Africa. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. There was fire. The local flight originated at Overburg Air Force Base, South Africa.The investigation is being conducted by the South African Civil Aviation Authority. The US Accredited Representative is Dennis Jones, NTSB, Washington, D.C.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZU-BEX
- Reported as
- English Electric Lightning MK T5
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- In-Flight
- Flight
- Air race/show · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown