ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273108
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| Date: | Friday 1 November 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna A188B |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-NTW |
| MSN: | 188-01743T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Runway 30, Bethlehem -
 South Africa
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| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Bethlehem |
| Bethlehem | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was engaged in a crop spraying detail when he was distracted by momentarily looking inside the cockpit. He struck the ground but got airborne again and he realized that he had sheared off the aircraft's main undercarriage. The pilot flew back to Bethlehem and carried out an emergency landing on the grass runway. The aircraft was substantially damaged but the pilot was not injured. The aircraft was maintained as prescribed and the next MPI was due on 27 February 2003 or at 2943 hours whichever occurred first. The aircraft was operated for 79 hours since the last MPI. The operator was in procession of a valid operator's license No N683D/G253D PROBABLE CAUSE: While flying at low level during a crop spraying detail, the pilot was distracted and collided with the ground and during impact the aircraft’s main undercarriage was sheared off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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