ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272599
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| Date: | Friday 1 June 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Jabiru SP |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-CIP |
| MSN: | 422 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Klerksdorp Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Klerksdorp Aerodrome (FAKD) |
| Rustenburg Aerodrome (FARG) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot experienced vibration in the front end of the aircraft after take off. He then decided to turn the aircraft back towards the runway to land and as soon as he turned, the vibration increased. After he turned, the propeller then separated from the engine. He switched off the engine and started descending to land, and subsequently landed hard on the grass area next to the runway. The propeller was never found, and no tests were carried out on the propeller or its securing bolts. The aircraft sustained substantial damages, but the Pilot and the Passenger were not injured. Probable Cause The aircraft landed hard next to the runway after the propeller separated from the aircraft during take-off. The separation was as result of the loosening of the propeller fastening bolts. This loosening was due to climatic changes, and the lack of knowledge by the pilot about the service bulletin that demanded periodic inspections of these fasteners.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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