Richards Bay - Richards Bay

On November 1, 1956 at 12:00 AM, Richards Bay - Richards Bay experienced a crash involving Short S.25 Sunderland, operated by South African Air Force, with the event recorded near Richards Bay KwaZulu-Natal.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 20.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training sortie out from Richards Bay. On final approach by night, the seaplane crashed in flames into Lake Mzingazi, few km short of runway. Two crew members were killed while eight others were rescued.

Aircraft reference details include registration 1715.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -28.7708°, 32.0578°.