| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 06, 1999 |
| Time: | 07:06 |
| Location: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Operator: | Charter - Flightline Charter Services |
| Flight #: | - |
| Route: | Johannesburg, South Africa - Oranjemund, Namibia |
| AC Type: | Piper PA-31-350 |
| Registration: | ZS-OJY |
| cn / ln: | 31-7405210 |
| Aboard: | 9 (passengers:8 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:8 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Shortly after takeoff, the pilot declared an engine failure. Seconds later he stated "We are going down sir, we are going down." The plane crashed 2 nm to the right of Runway 29 and burst into flames. Failure of the exhaust pipe segment which caused the right hand engine to lose power and fail. The aircraft was overloaded. The company's lack of flight operations management experience. |
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