3D-ART

On October 2, 1986 at 12:00 AM, 3D-ART experienced a crash involving Dassault Falcon 10, operated by Rembrandt Tobacco, with the event recorded near Haenertsburg Limpopo.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. Following an uneventful flight, the crew started the approach to Pietersburg-Gateway Airport. On descent, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility was limited. Due to excessive workload in the cockpit, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when, at an altitude of 5,200 feet, the aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Haenertsburg, about 55 km east of Pietersburg Airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 3D-ART, MSN 61, year of manufacture 1975.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -23.9433°, 29.9393°.