- Date
- October 7, 2016, 13:41 local (13:41 UTC)
- Place
- Brits, North West Province, South Africa
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZS-MPFCessna 172
- Defining event
- Enroute: Fuel exhaustion
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94468
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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.
Fuel exhaustionAll aircraft: 804 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving ZS-MPF, a Cessna 172M airplane that occurred on October 07, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the SACAA's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane/engine.All investigative information will be released by the SACAA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-MPF
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial