A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban when it crashed, killing all seventeen passengers. It was SAA’s third fatal crash.

The Dakotas were replaced by the Hawker Siddeley 748 turbo-prop aircrafts in 1970. By 1971, all Dakotas had been phased out. Today, South Africa, has lower air fatalities when compared with other countries.

How we know this

01Abram Mashego,(2011), 'Concern over increase in local air fatalities in 2011', [Online],from The new age (17 August) [online] Availble at: www.thenewage.co.za[Accessed on 5 October 2012]
02SAA Museum Society 'South African Airways A brief history', From SAA Museum Society, [online] Available at: www.saamuseum.co.za[Accessed on 5 October 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, October 10). A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093789

South African History Online (2012) 'A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain', South African History Online, 10 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093789 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

South African History Online, A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093789, (accessed 25 October 2026).

"A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain." South African History Online, 10 Oct. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093789. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "A Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain." South African History Online. October 10, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093789.