ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273177
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 May 2000 |
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| Type: |  Grumman American AA-1B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-WZE |
| MSN: | AA1B-0214 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 NM East of Wonderboom -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Phalaborwa |
| Wonderboom | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot (with no passengers) departed Wonderboom Airport during the morning of 24 May 2000 for a flight to Pietersburg (Civil) and then from there to Phalaborwa. The purpose of the flight was to collect his son from Phalaborwa. On their return flight abeam Middelburg the pilot reported a rough running engine and immediately applied carburettor heat and selected the fuel pump, which, according to the pilot, 'cured the rough running engine problem partially'?. When the pilot contacted Wonderboom for their joining and landing instructions, he was advised to orbit east of the Roodeplaat dam. According to the pilot the engine started running very rough after holding for approximately 5-10 minutes and he again applied carburettor heat and selected another fuel tank, but this time it did not correct the problem. The pilot experienced a total engine failure and did a forced landing in a grass field, however he overrun the field and impacted an embankment at the end of the field. Both occupants sustained minor injuries during the accident. PROBABLE CAUSE: The most probable cause for this accident can be attributed to fuel starvation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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