ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273284
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| Date: | Wednesday 9 May 2001 |
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| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-EEB |
| MSN: | 28-22032 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Alfred Airport (AFD/FAPA) -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Port Alfred Airport (AFD/FAPA) |
| Port Alfred Airport (AFD/FAPA) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and student pilot were engaged in circuit and landing training. On the fourth touch and go landing after take-off, the right-hand main landing gear torque link bolt failed causing the oleo and wheel assembly to come adrift and to hang on the brake hose. During the subsequent landing on the main undercarriage trunnion, slight damage was caused to the belly skin, flaps and entrance step attachment area. The AMO who repaired the aircraft after the accident advised that the failure of the torque link bolt was as a result of an overload condition due to a sideways force during landings (this is a training aircraft) The AMO advised that since the accident they have introduced additional maintenance to their fleet of aircraft by inspecting the bolts every 50 hours and compulsory replacement of the bolts every 400 flying hours irrespective of condition. The aircraft was maintained as prescribed and the next MPI was due on 9 May 2002 or at 5838 flying hours whichever occurred first and the aircraft was operated for 99.5 hours since the last MPI. PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause of the accident was due to the right-hand torque link bolt failure possibly due to an overload condition during sideways landings.
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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| 18 May 2002 | ZS-EEB | 0 | Port Alfred Airport (AFD/FAPA) | |
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