ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272439
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| Date: | Monday 18 August 2014 |
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| Type: | Micro Aviation Bat Hawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-UBB |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bathawk City private airstrip in near Nelspruit -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Private airstrip (Hazyview, Mpumalanga) |
| Bathawk city private airstrip (Nelspruit, Mpumalanga) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, being the owner of the aircraft, was accompanied by a passenger and departed from a private airstrip in Hazyview with the intention to land at Bathawk city private airstrip in Nelspruit. The flight time was approximately 30 minutes. The pilot positioned the aircraft for landing on runway 09 and configured the aircraft with full flap for the landing. The aircraft touched down at high speed on the nose wheel and the pilot subsequently lost control of the aircraft as a result and it veered to the left of the runway. The pilot was unable to regain directional control of the aircraft. The aircraft came to rest on the left hand side of the runway. The pilot and passenger evacuated without injury. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose gear, windscreen and fuselage. Probable Cause The aircraft touched down at high speed on the nose wheel first and the pilot subsequently lost control. Contributory factor. Poor technique
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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