Six parachutists and the co-pilot were knocked unconscious but survived when their plane crashed at Carletonville Aerodrome, home of the Johannesburg Skydiving Club.
“It lost height and it impacted the ground with its right-side main landing gear first, then the left-side main landing gear, followed by the left wing,” said the report.
One of the skydivers said the plane was about 250ft above the ground when he heard the engine reducing to idle power and saw the throttle lever in the idle position. “At this point, he realised that they were going to crash. He asked one of the skydivers to open the door but before the door was opened the aircraft crashed and knocked all skydivers unconscious.”“The investigation established that the actions of both pilots resulted in induced drag and loss of power [and] increased the rate of descent or sinking rate, which resulted in a crash,” said the report.
The regulator's limited reports are compiled without detailed investigations and are intended to alert the aviation industry to potential safety issues rather than to apportion blame.
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