ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272647
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| Date: | Wednesday 1 June 2005 |
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| Type: |  Piper PA-22-150 |
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| Registration: | ZU-AKE |
| MSN: | 22-6033 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sugarcane field north-east of Emp -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Empangeni Aerodrome (FAEM) |
| Empangeni Aerodrome (FAEM) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and a student were on a visual flight rule (VFR) training flight from Empangeni Aerodrome with the intention to land back at Empangeni Aerodrome. During the power check and initial climb, the pilot noticed that the engine revolutions per minute (RPM) were 2 300 RPM. After a few minutes and during levelling off at 1 500 ft above ground level (AGL) at a distance of approximately 3 nm from the aerodrome, the pilot heard a loud bang from the engine. Oil started coming out of the engine and smoke entered the cockpit, followed by a complete engine stoppage. The pilot decided to execute a forced landing in a sugarcane field east of Empangeni. On landing, the aircraft impacted an irrigation ditch, bounced, and swung around through 90s? before it came to rest on a westerly heading. The aircraft sustained damage to the nose wheel, main landing wheels, propeller, engine mountings and cowling, fuselage and both wings. Both the instructor and the student pilot sustained no injuries from the accident. According to available records, the last annual inspection prior to the accident was certified on 10 May 2005 at 4 239.09 total airframe hours. The aircraft had flown a further 0.5 hours since the last annual inspection. An investigation revealed that at the time of the accident, the aircraft did not have a valid Authority to Fly Certificate Probable Cause Unsuccessful forced landing as a result of an engine failure. Contributory factor: The number 2 cylinder head fractured during flight, which caused a loss of oil pressure resulting in an engine failure.
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Sources:
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