# NTSB WPR16WA192: Cessna 182, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, August 27, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 27, 2016, 10:25 local (10:25 UTC)
- Place: Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
- Coordinates: -25.903333, 30.277221
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-25.9033&lon=30.2772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98564
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR16WA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98564/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16WA192

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: 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

On August 27, 2016, about 1025 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 182Q, South African registration ZS-PHB, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Komati Gorge Lodge private airstrip, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was being operated under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of South Africa. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight. The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) Accident and Incident Investigations Division (AIID) is investigating the accident. As the State of Manufacture and Design of the engine, the NTSB has appointed a US Accredited Representative under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 to assist the AIID in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to: Civil Aviation Authority Accidents and Incidents Investigation Division Private Bag X 73 Halfway House 1685 South Africa Tel.: +27 (0) 11 545-1055/1050 +27 (0) 60 991-9915 (24 hours) Email: Aiidinbox@caa.co.za Fax: +27 (0) 11 545 1466 Website: https://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Accicdents%20andIncidents/How-to-report-accident.aspx

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-PHB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182 (Q)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 182-67714
- Engines: Continental IO-470 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Impondo Agriculture and Forestry CC
- Registered owner: Impondo Agriculture and Forestry CC
- Departed: PRIV, Mpumalanga Prov
- Destination: PRIV, Mpumalanga Province
- Airport: PRIV, Komati Gorge Lodge
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; private

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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