Johannesburg – Skukuza

On October 9, 1982 at 12:00 AM, Johannesburg – Skukuza experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Comair - South Africa, with the event recorded near Graskop Mpumalanga.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

30 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 30 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route on a charter flight from Johannesburg to Skukuza under IFR mode, the crew was unable to receive the NDB signal. Due to poor visibility, the crew decided to divert to Hoedspruit Airport and started the descent when the airplane stuck a hill and crashed. All 30 occupants were injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-EJK, MSN 19484, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -24.9311°, 30.8414°.