Cape Town – Oudtshoorn – George – Plettenberg Bay – Port Elizabeth – Grahamstown – Queenstown – Collondale

On March 6, 1962 at 02:15 PM, Cape Town – Oudtshoorn – George – Plettenberg Bay – Port Elizabeth – Grahamstown – Queenstown – Collondale experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by South African Airways -SAA - Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens - SAL, with the event recorded near Seymour Gauteng.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. According to the copilot the aircraft flew below the clouds at about 300-500 ft above the ground. It was the pilot-in-command's intention to fly through the Katberg Pass below cloud and as the aircraft approached the mountains the cloud ceiling became lower and the pilot was faced with a critical situation. He called for METO (maximum except takeoff) power and in an attempt to clear the hills the right wing first made contact with the trees and then the right engine propeller cut into the rising ground. The aircraft came to rest against a rock face approximately 250 yd from the initial point of impact with the trees and approximately 500 ft from the top of the hill. Two crew members were killed while five other occupants were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-DJC, MSN 16189/32937, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -26.1514°, 28.1435°.