Date: | Thursday 7 May 1998 |
Time: | 08:30 |
Type: | Antonov An-32B |
Owner/operator: | Southern Gateway |
Registration: | 3D-DRV |
MSN: | 2302 |
Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Vaalwater -
South Africa
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Durban International Airport (DUR/FADN) |
Destination airport: | Bulawayo Airport (BUQ/FVBU) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Antonov departed Durban on a flight to Harare via Bulawayo. En route at FL130 electrical problems behind the captain's seat caused smoke on the flight deck. An emergency descent was carried out, followed by an emergency forced landing on a small grass strip near Vaalwater. The left wing struck a tree and the nose gear collapsed.
The operator is also quoted to have been "Air Pass", "AMAP" and "Gama Air" .
Sources:
ICAO Adrep (ICAO File : 98001260)
Scramble
Werner Fischdick
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1998/19980507_AN32_3D-DRV_16383.jpg)
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; ?; August 1994
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