# NTSB WPR18WA138: Taylorcraft BC12, Vryheid, South Africa, April 29, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 29, 2018, 11:10 local (11:10 UTC)
- Place: Vryheid, South Africa
- Coordinates: -27.725555, 30.608888
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-27.7256&lon=30.6089&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97227
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA138
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97227/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA138

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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 April 29, 2018, at 1110 coordinated universal time, a Taylorcraft BC 12-D airplane, registration ZS-BLD, sustained substantial damage under unknown circumstances following a departure from Vryheid Aerodrome (FAVY), Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Both occupants were fatally injured.The Civil Aviation Authority of South Africa, Accident & Incident Investigation Division (AIID) is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture of the airplane, the NTSB has designated a US accredited representative to assist the AIID in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to: South African Civil Aviation Authority Accidents and Incidents Investigation Division Private Bag X 73 Halfway House 1685 South Africa Website: http://www.caa.co.za

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-BLD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TAYLORCRAFT BC12 (D)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7750
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: CA Keuchel
- Registered owner: CA Keuchel
- Departed: FAVY, Vryheid Aerodro
- Destination: FAVV, Vereeniging Aer
- Airport: FAVV, Vereeniging Aerodrome

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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