ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273180
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| Date: | Wednesday 30 January 2002 |
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| Type: |  Grumman G-164B AgCat |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-KEW |
| MSN: | 289B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tshivase Tea Estate Private Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
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| Departure airport: | Tshivase Tea Estate Private Aerodrome (Louis Trichardt) |
| Tshivase Tea Estate Private Aerodrome (Louis Trichardt) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was executing a crop spraying detail (fertilizer) at Tshivase tea Estate near Louis Trichardt. The pilot stated that after completion of the crop spraying detail, he landed back at Tshivase Tea Estate but shortly after landing, the right-hand main landing gear collapsed and the lower wing made contact with the ground. The aircraft subsequently veered to the right and the aircraft eventually came to rest in a ditch in a nose down attitude. The left-hand and right-hand upper and lower wings were substantially damaged but the pilot was not injured during the accident. The Operator was in possession of a valid AOC (Air Operating Certificate) No. G168D which was issued on 23 March 2001 and expired on 25 February 2002. The last MPI was certified on 11 January 2002 at a total of 6640 airframe hours and the aircraft had flown a further 42.5 hours since the MPI was certified. According to the owner of the aircraft, the runway surface was rough and numerous take-off and landings were executed on the runway. The right-hand wheel entered a hole on the side of the runway, causing the right-hand landing gear spring leg to bend backwards and the upper attachment bolts to fracture due to an overload. PROBABLE CAUSE: The right-hand main landing gear entered a hole on the side of the runway causing the landing gear spring upper attachment bolt to fracture due to an overload. As a result, the pilot was subsequently unable to maintain runway heading.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 February 2000 | ZS-KEW | 0 | Cotton field in the Weipe district | |
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| 23 November 2016 | ZS-KEW | Private | 0 | south of Middelburg Airfield (FAMB), Mpumalanga | |
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