ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174253
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| Date: | Saturday 28 February 2015 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-151 Warrior |
| Owner/operator: | AVIATOR TRAINING ACADEMY CC |
| Registration: | ZS-JOD |
| MSN: | 28-7515339 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | 500m from Witbank Airfield, Mpumalanga (FAWI) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Springs Aerodrome (FASI) |
| Springs Aerodrome (FASI) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Student pilot was performing a cross-country training exercise, ran low on fuel and attempted to make emergency landing at Witbank Airfield, Approx 1km from runway threshold, engine stopped due to fuel starvation, aircraft touched down in rough ground 500m from threshold. Undercarriage and underside of aircraft substantially damaged.
Sources:
Eyewitness accounts and photograph of scene.
https://witbanknews.co.za/36503/student-uninjured-as-plane-crash-lands/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 May 2004 | ZS-JOD | 0 | Runway 03, Vereeniging Aerodrome | |
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| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Images:
FAWI 28 Feb 2015
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Mar-2015 08:11 | paulm7010 | Added |
| 04-Mar-2015 08:12 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Mar-2015 15:40 | paulm7010 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 05-Mar-2015 06:14 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Source] |
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