ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272632
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| Date: | Saturday 14 March 2015 |
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| Type: | North Wing 582 Trike |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-DOU |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bapsfontein airfield -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Microland Flight Park (FABA) Gauteng |
| Microland Flight Park (FABA) Gauteng | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot accompanied by a passenger took off from Bapsfontein for a private flight. The pilot stated that he stalled the microlight during take-off. The microlight landed onto some vegetation around the airfield. The aircraft sustained substantial damages during the accident sequence whereby the pilot and his passenger experienced minor injuries. The investigation revealed that the cause of the accident was lack of control of the aircraft configuration due to insufficient operational experience on the aircraft type. Probable Cause The pilot stalled the aircraft during take-off due to lack of experience on taking off with extra load on carriage on the aircraft type.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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