ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272990
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| Date: | Saturday 12 June 1999 |
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| Type: |  Cessna 172M |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-NWG |
| MSN: | 17266452 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nelspruit Airport -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | NELSPRUIT AIPORT |
| NELSPRUIT AIRPORT | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On the afternoon of 13 June 1999 the student pilot prepared for a solo flight and after all the documentation was filled in and pre flight inspection carried out, the pilot took-off on runway 22. The pilot claimed that during the take-off roll and climb the airspeed was normal but shortly afterwards the airspeed decayed to zero. She then notified the tower and decided to carry out a 'teardrop'? in order to land on runway 04. The pilot admitted that she was too high, too fast and very close to the runway, but decided to land rather than doing a circuit without the air speed indicator. According to the captain of the airliner, parked at the apron (facing the approaching aircraft), the aircraft porpoised approximately 6 times and eventually the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft skidded to a halt approximately 30 meters from the airliner. PROBABLE CAUSE: The malfunction of the pressure instruments could not be determined as the system was tested and no malfunction was evident. However it is the belief of the investigator that the pilot would not have returned just after take-off if there had not been a problem. Due to the inexperience of the pilot during this event and panic she was unable to control the aircraft during the landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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