ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273488
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| Date: | Friday 11 May 2018 |
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| Type: | Solo Wings Aquilla |
| Owner/operator: | Senekal F C |
| Registration: | ZU-DLY |
| MSN: | WA 1067 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Private farm in Brits -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Brits Airfield (FABS), North West Province |
| Brits Airfield (FABS), North West Province | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft took off runway 02 with two occupants on board for a scenic flight around the Brits Area. The pilot stated that he entered into a circuit and on finals elected to do a fly past. As he flew past the airfields club house he applied full throttle to increase power to climb. Shortly after climbing, the engine had a power loss and the pilot immediately searched for a place to execute a forced landing. During the descent, the left wheel collided with the railway overhead power line and the aircraft subsequently impacted the ground a few meters from the railway line. The aircraft sustained damage to the left main gear, propeller blade, instrument panel and the engine mount support tube. The pilot sustained serious injuries and the passenger sustained minor injuries. The investigation revealed that during the forced landing, the aircraft's left main gear wheel impacted with a power line and the aircraft subsequently impacted the ground following an inflight engine power loss due to a cold seizure of the no.1 piston. PROBABLE CAUSE: The aircraft had a cold seizure of no:1 piston during a fly past and the engine failed, the pilot decided to do a forced landing however the aircraft rear wheel collided with power lines and the aircraft subsequently impacted the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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