ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273226
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| Date: | Sunday 29 December 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Magni M16 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-CDL |
| MSN: | M16 TTT-008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Paradise Beach -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Paradise Airfield |
| Gamtoos River Mouth | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 29 December 2002, at approximately 0920Z, the pilot and one passenger, took-off on a private flight from Paradise Airfield to Gamtoos River Mouth. At Paradise Beach, the pilot intended to carry out a touch-and-go landing on the beach, but the left-hand main wheel dug into the sand, causing the gyrocopter to roll over. Although the occupants escaped unhurt from the aircraft, the aircraft sustained substantial damage during the accident. The pilot was the holder of a valid licence and the aircraft type was endorsed into his logbook. He also held a valid, unrestricted, medical certificate, which lapses on 30 November 2005. According to available information the aircraft was correctly maintained and had flown a total of 44.6 Hrs since the last annual inspection. PROBABLE CAUSE: During a touch-and-go landing on Paradise Beach the left-hand main wheel dug into the sand, causing the gyrocopter to roll over.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 August 2009 | ZU-CDL | Private | 1 | Near Springbok Northern Cape | |
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