This discussion is to promote safety and not to establish liability.
The CAA's report contains padding and repetition, so in the interest of clarity, I have paraphrased extensively.
Aircraft registration: ZS-DIV
Date and time of accident: 29 November 2018, 1503Z
Type of aircraft: Cessna U206D
Type of operation: Private (Part 91)
PIC license type: PPL Validation
License valid: Yes
PIC age: 49
PIC total hours: 175
PIC hours on type 7
Last point of departure: Nelspruit
Next point of intended landing: Wonderboom
Location of accident site: Machadodorp Sappi forestry at 4697ft AMSL
Meteorological information: 90°/4 kts. Temp: 17°C. Dew Point: 11°C. Viz: Overcast. Clouds; 1500 ft AGL
POB: 2+3
People injured: 4
People killed: 1
History of Flight
On 29 Nov 2018, Cessna U206D, ZS-DIV, operating as a VFR private flight from Nelspruit to Wonderboom crashed at 1503Z. No flight plan was filed.
On-board were two pilots and three passengers. The pilot in the left seat was the pilot-incommand (PIC) and the pilot on the right was the pilot monitoring (PM).
The aircraft owner reported that the aircraft was hired by the PIC as a means of transportation for her and her siblings to scatter the ashes of a cremated family member around Hoedspruit area in Limpopo Province.
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