ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273176
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 February 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman G-164B AgCat |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-KEW |
| MSN: | 289B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cotton field in the Weipe district -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Messina |
| Messina | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was busy with a spray run when he experienced a total engine failure. He dumped the excess chemical load and carried out a forced landing in the same field. Due to the wet/soft soil the aircraft nosed over. The pilot was unhurt and the aircraft was not significantly damaged. The engine was run on a test bench and no defect could be detected. PROBABLE CAUSE: Due to the heavy rains in the area, it is possible that there could have been water in the fuel system.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 January 2002 | ZS-KEW | 0 | Tshivase Tea Estate Private Aerodrome | |
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| 23 November 2016 | ZS-KEW | Private | 0 | south of Middelburg Airfield (FAMB), Mpumalanga | |
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