ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302965
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 August 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Jabiru J430 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-FNS |
| MSN: | 791 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Orient Airfield (FAOI) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) |
| Klerksdorp Airport (KXE/FAKD) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was the sole occupant on board the aircraft on a private flight from Wonderboom Aerodrome (FAWB) with his intended destination being Klerksdorp Aerodrome (FAKD).
The pilot states he departed FAWB at 1455Z and was airborne for approximately 45 minutes when he started to experience degrading light conditions (poor visibility).
The pilot deduced that he would not make it to FAKD in daylight. This led him to look for a nearby aerodrome to divert to, which was Orient Aerodrome (FAOI), about 70 nautical miles (nm) north-east of FAKD. Upon arriving at FAOI, the pilot noticed an aircraft conducting touch-and-go exercises on RWY29 and assumed that it was the runway in use.
He followed an unmanned aerodrome joining procedure at 1000 feet (ft) above ground level (AGL).
The pilot then selected full-wing flaps on final approach for landing at approximately 75 knots (kts) airspeed. The aircraft ballooned during the flare, followed by a nose-first hard landing on the runway, which was sloping downhill. In the process, the nose landing gear assembly broke off and the propeller struck the grass-covered runway surface before it came to a stop in a nose-down attitude.
The pilot was not injured during the accident sequence; he disembarked the aircraft unassisted. The nose gear assembly and the propeller were substantially damaged.
Probable Cause
The aircraft approached at a high speed, which led to the aircraft ballooning during the flare; this was followed by a nose-first hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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