- Date
- August 26, 2020, 20:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Springs, South Africa
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- ZE-OETCessna 172
- Defining event
- Landing: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101893
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of South Africa has notified the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of an accident involving a Cessna 172 airplane that occurred on August 26, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of South Africa's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of South Africa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZE-OET
- Reported as
- Cessna 172 (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 172-53141
- Engine
- Continental O-300, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Mach 1 Flying School
- Registered owner
- Mach 1 Flying School
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FASP · Spring
- Destination
- Springs