Sabi Sabi - Lydenburg

On June 17, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Sabi Sabi - Lydenburg experienced a crash involving Cessna 208A Caravan, operated by South African Air Force, with the event recorded near Lydenburg Mpumalanga.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The single engine aircraft was completing a training flight from Sabi Sabi to Lydenburg on behalf of the 41st Squadron. While descending to Lydenburg, the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area near the Long Tom Pass. Two passengers were seriously injured while three other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 3006, MSN 208-00136, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -25.0994°, 30.4589°.