Pretoria - Pretoria

On June 21, 1991 at 12:00 AM, Pretoria - Pretoria experienced a crash involving Cessna 404 Titan, operated by AOC Survey, with the event recorded near Pretoria-Wonderboom Gauteng.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Following a survey mission of 4 hours and 10 minutes, the twin engine aircraft returned to Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport where it was refueled. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the left engine failed. The pilot elected to return when the aircraft lost height, struck a tree and crashed, bursting into flames. Two occupants were killed and two others were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-LUI, MSN 404-0100, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -25.6874°, 28.1998°.