ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273027
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| Date: | Thursday 17 March 2005 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 172H |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-EPY |
| MSN: | 172-55320 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Runway 10 at New Tempe Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | New Tempe Aerodrome |
| New Tempe Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor stated that him and the student were executing a glide approach for Runway 10 at New Tempe Aerodrome with full flaps at an approach IAS of 60MPH. The student flared the aircraft too early and a hard landing followed causing substantial damage to the fuselage and under-surface. Both occupants escaped with no injuries. The last MPI was carried out on the 22 February 2005 at a total of 4407.56 airframe hours and the aircraft had accumulated 77 hours since the last MPI was certified. The training organization had a valid Accreditation and Approval Certificate no CAA/0038 which expires on 23 February 2006.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The instructor failed to intervene timeously and allowed the student pilot to flare the aircraft too high above the runway which resulted in a hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2022 19:50 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2022 19:53 | harro | Updated [[Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative]] |
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