Cessna 150 crash at Vereeniging
I attended the FAVV airshow held on the weekend. Having a discussion about how underpowered a Cessna 150 is, we saw a Red & White Cessna 150 Take-off on runway 03. It then got airborne after using just over half of the runway - which is kind of normal for a C-150.
Several seconds later there was a dust cloud about 4 miles after the runway - we then realised the Cessna had crashed. Not sure whether it was due to engine failure, or just that they couldn't get airborne.
The Bell Jetranger was warming up to do a display, so it could immediately be dispatched along with paramedics. Fortunately nobody was injured (there were 2 people onboard).
Earlier that day we saw a C-210 almost hitting the ground on take-off as it battled to get airborne, and at an altitude of no more than 50' the pilot elected to turn to the right, which happened to be downwind. It's extremely important to keep the gear out for as long as there's runway to land, and to gain sufficient altitude before executing a turn downwind, especially is the aircraft is near gross weight.