# NTSB DCA16WA031: Eclipse 500, Swellendam, South Africa, December 7, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 7, 2015, 08:57 local (08:57 UTC)
- Place: Swellendam, South Africa
- Coordinates: -34.341945, 20.1375
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-34.3419&lon=20.1375&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92449
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92449/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA031

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Eclipse Aviation 500 airplane that occurred on December 07, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the SACAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane/engine.All investigative information will be released by SACAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-DKS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPSE AVIATION 500
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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