ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272458
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| Date: | Tuesday 4 June 2013 |
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| Type: |  Beechcraft E90 King Air |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | V5-SMA |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | On Runway 34 at Rustenburg aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Lanseria international airport (FALA) Gauteng province. |
| Rustenburg aerodrome (FARG)North West province. | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A certified flight instructor accompanied by two pilots under instruction departed Lanseria (FALA) International Airport bound for Rustenburg Aerodrome (FARG) on a type conversion training flight. The flight from the departure point (FALA international airport) was uneventful with the first pilot being the pilot flying (PF). The mishap occurred during the second phase of flight 'conversion training flight'? with the second student pilot as a (PF). During the landing sequence the nose landing gear collapsed. The aircraft was substantially damaged and no injuries were reported. Post inspection of the aircraft revealed that the nose gear drag brace bracket had failed. The nose gear drag brace bracket pieces found on the runway surface were collected and sent for Metallurgical analysis where it was revealed that there was an overload caused by a heavy or hard landing. Probable Cause The nose gear failed due to hard landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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