ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272988
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| Date: | Friday 26 October 2001 |
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| Type: |  Kitplanes for Africa Bushbaby 450 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-CMY |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Potchefstroom Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Potchefstroom Aerodrome |
| Potchefstroom Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, who recently completed his training as a student pilot to obtain his micro-light pilot's license was engaged in conversion training onto the Bushbaby type aircraft. According to the pilot, he elected to use Runway 03, and during a high-speed taxi test in preparation for his first solo flight the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft and veered off the runway to the right. The aircraft entered a trench next to the runway and overturned, sustaining extensive damage. Nobody was injured in the accident. According to a report from the CAA Airport Section the cable trench was sufficiently compacted to carry the weight of the aircraft. It appears to be within the 25mm height difference allowed by ICAO regulations and therefore could not have caused the aircraft to overturn. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft during the taxi run. The clear way next to the runway was waterlogged, causing the main wheels to dig in, and subsequently the aircraft overturned.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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