ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272876
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 November 2002 |
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| Type: | Solo Wings Windlass |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-ATY |
| MSN: | WL 506 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near beach at Boggom’s Bay -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Mossel Bay |
| Cape Town | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the pilot, he was accompanied by a passenger whilst carrying out low level flying above the beach at Boggoms Bay. The pilot further stated that he could not recollect what had happened due to concussion and amnesia. However, as far as he could remember, he passed in front of some houses towards the sea when he experienced some downdraught and subsequently struck the top of a sand dune at the beach. The aircraft then struck a concrete bench, which caused the aircraft to stop abruptly. The aircraft was extensively damaged on impact. The pilot was seriously injured with a broken neck and legs but the passenger was not injured. The aircraft was serviceable and no defects were reported prior to the accident. The pilot was correctly licenced and the type endorsed onto his licence. The Authority to Fly for the aircraft and the Third-Party liability Insurance was valid at the time of the accident PROBABLE CAUSE: It appears that the pilot flew too low above the ground and in the process collided with a sand dune on the beach.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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