2 aircraft incidents in Southern Cape (22 January 2015) #aviation #incidents #aircraft

Image: John Boucher (Avcom)

There have been two incidents involving aircraft in the Mossel Bay area. In the first incident a Bushbaby came down hard on landing yesterday afternoon (22 January 2015). The pilot was taken to the Life Bayview Hospital and according to hospital manager, Lida Swart, was released yesterday at 18:00.

In the second incident a helicopter made a forced landing in the mountains near George.

- Mossel Bay Advertiser

Mossel Bay: Light Aircraft makes emergency landing (16 Dec 2014) #aviation #emergencylanding

Shortly after 13:00 this afternoon Mr Hans Potgieter, one of the most experienced pilots in Mossel Bay was forced to make an emergency landing with a light aircraft in a field just outside of town on the Herbertsdale road. Both Mr Potgieter and his wife, Sharon were taken by ambulance to a local hospital and is said to be doing well. Read more about the incident in the Mossel Bay Advertiser on Friday, 19 December.

- Mossel Bay Advertiser

Fleesbaai, Mosselbaai - Vliegtuig land in pad

SUID-KAAP NUUS - As 'n vliegtuig genoodsaak word om te land, gebeur dit soms dat die naaste openbare pad die enigste uitweg is.

Dit was op Donderdag 2 Oktober die geval toe 'n vliegtuig van die Flight Training College in George op die Vleesbaai-pad moes land. 'n Motoris het dit vreemd gevind en foto's aan die Mossel Bay Advertiser gestuur.

Met navraag het Walter Waldeck, uitvoerende direkteur van Flight Training College, verduidelik dat daar tegniese probleme met die vliegtuig se enjin ondervind is, waarna die vlieënier genoodsaak was om 'n noodlanding in die naaste stil pad met geen risiko vir private eiendom, te doen.

Uit die foto's is dit ook duidelik dat daar geen skade aan die vliegtuig was nie. Die voorval is na die Civil Aviation Authority verwys.

- Mossel Bay Advertiser

Aircraft makes forced landing on Louis Fourie Rd, Mossel Bay (29 May 2014)

The pilot of a  Cessna 182 aircraft landed on Louis Fourie Rd, Mossel Bay after experiencing  technical problems at around 11h30 this morning.  Here is an image of the aircraft standing on the west bound roadway.  Courtesy :  Jesse Ekkerd + Avcom.

Louis Fourie Road is a few 100 meters from my home and is one of the busiest roads in Mossel Bay.  Thankfully at 11h30 there were no rush hour traffic.  The pilot has done an absolutely marvelous job in putting the aircraft down.  Lots of power poles and power lines to the south and north as the aircraft is standing now.  Thankfully nobody was injured in the incident.

- MSBWX

Mossel Bay: Plane makes emergency landing

MOSSEL BAY NEWS FLASH - On Thursday, at around 11:30, an aircraft, carrying skydivers from India and a skydiving cameraman with two pilots, experienced engine problems about 2000m from The Point over the bay of Mossel Bay.

The engine lost power and cut out. The pilots tried to reach the airfield at Aalwyndal, but had to make an emergency landing on Louis Fourie Road near the Old Golden Roundezvouz Hotel.

Emergency services were on the scene within five minutes. Nobody was injured and very little damage was done to the plane.

According to eyewitness Mark Holden, the passengers were taken to the airfield.

At about noon on Thursday, the plane was still on the scene, as the FAA had to conduct an investigation.

To be updated.

- Mossel Bay Advertiser

Aeroplanes turned away from George Airport (14 May 2014)

GEORGE NEWS - The rainy and misty weather conditions experienced at the George Airport on Wednesday morning resulted in three scheduled flights having to be diverted on account of poor visibility.

Airports Company SA (Acsa) George Manager Brenda Vorster said a fog bank was lying below 300ft at 08:00 that morning.

"We had a flight coming in at 07:00 this morning as the clouds were situated above the 300ft limit, but by 08:00 the situation changed and it dropped to 200ft. Any clouds situated below the 300ft limit is considered unsafe. This is an international standard and there is nothing unusual or unique about what happened this morning."

The three flights, Airlink, SA Express and Kulula, were diverted to Cape Town.

When quizzed about how George Airport rates as far as cloud formations are concerned, Vorster said the airport has a reputation for being clouded out frequently and it is a common occurrence for flights to be diverted . "I expect flights to resume by this afternoon, if not sooner."

Last week a Kulula flight had to be diverted to Port Elizabeth at the last moment as strong crosswinds made it dangerous to land.

ARTICLE: ANICA KRUGER, GEORGE HERALD JOURNALIST

Kulula flies to Port Elizabeth to escape George berg wind

GEORGE NEWS - The pilot of a Kulula plane bound for George on Wednesday morning, abandoned the landing at the last moment because of unusually strong cross winds at the airport.

He then headed to Port Elizabeth where he landed the plane in calmer conditions.

Passengers was given the choice to make their own way to George or to wait for the wind to calm down before Kulula could make a second attempt to drop them off in George.

George Airport Manager, Brenda Vorster said they had received a weather warning from the South African Weather Service. “Passenger safety is uppermost in the pilot’s mind. In this case nature interfered and safety always comes before time tables.”

Gale force winds in the area on election day caused damage to power lines, trees lost branches and buildings in George were damaged. No injuries were reported.

- George Herald