ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39779
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| Date: | Monday 6 December 1999 |
| Time: | 07:15 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain |
| Owner/operator: | Flightline Charter Services |
| Registration: | ZS-OJY |
| MSN: | 31-7405210 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 mi W of Rand Airport (QRA) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Rand Airport (QRA/FAGM) Germiston, South Africa |
| Oranjemund Airport (OMD/FYOG) Oranjemund, Karas Region, Namibia | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft was destroyed by impact and post impact fire when it lost height and crashed shortly after take-off from Runway 29 at Rand Airport, Johannesburg. The point of impact was to the right of the extended centre line of the runway, some 2 nautical miles from the airport.
Shortly after take-off the pilot advised Air Traffic Control that he had lost power on the right engine and requested an immediate left turn to land on Runway 29. Very shortly after this the pilot broadcast 'we are going down sir, we are going down.' There was no further contact with the flight. The airplane was destroyed in the impact and post crash fire, and all ten persons on board - the pilot and all nine passengers - were fatally injured.
Weather; wind 310degrees/13 knots, visibility better than 10 km. and temperature of +17 degrees C. Rand airfield elevation is 5,474 feet. The accident happened at 07:06 Local Time The aircraft was operating a flight to Oranjemund, Namibia.
The subsequent investigation found that the aircraft was apparently overloaded with an estimated weight at takeoff of 7,830.7 lb., as against an assumed maximum ramp weight of 7,295 lb. The right engine lost power apparently due to a failure in the exhaust system connected to the turbocharger manifold.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X20256&key=1
4. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000
5. http://www.ascendworldwide.com/download/Cust/WAAS167_Complete.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2008 11:15 | harro | Updated |
| 30-Jun-2013 03:22 | JINX | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jun-2015 22:36 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 22:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 22:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 14:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Oct-2017 15:51 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 03-Jul-2020 19:10 | BEAVERSPOTTER | Updated [Cn] |
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