Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Mar 6, 1962 (2 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on March 6, 1962 near Seymour Eastern Cape, South Africa with 2 fatalities. Cause: Error of judgement by the...
- Date: March 6, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Seymour Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Error of judgement by the pilot in command, who attempted low visual flight beneath the cloud base near mountains in deteriorating weather.
South African Airways Flight 512, a Douglas C 47B, struck trees and then rising ground while flying low beneath the cloud base near the Katberg Pass on 6 March 1962. The aircraft crashed about 7 miles north of Seymour. Two of the seven people aboard, both crew members, were killed.