ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272640
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| Date: | Sunday 7 November 2010 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper J3C-65 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-AWJ |
| MSN: | 16529 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Henley Aero Modellers Club near Meyerton -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Rand Aerodrome (FAGM) Gauteng |
| Rand Aerodrome (FAGM) Gauteng | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 07 November 2010 at approximately 1200Z the pilot departed Rand Aerodrome (FAGM) on a local private flight. After flying for approximately 45 minutes he attempted a fly past overhead Henley Aero Modelling Club near Meyerton in an easterly direction. The pilot stated that he observed and cleared some telephone wires spanned along the road on the approach but failed to notice the power lines just further ahead. The aircraft undercarriage impacted and snagged the upper power line causing the aircraft to pitch down. The power line eventually snapped and the aircraft impacted the grass covered surface with the aircraft in a 30s? nose down attitude. The pilot sustained only minor injuries during the impact sequence. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the undercarriage, fuselage and propeller. Probable Cause The pilot flew the aircraft too low above the ground when planned a fly past overhead the Modellers club airfield causing the aircraft to collide with power lines spanned adjacent to a road.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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