ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273295
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 July 1999 |
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| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-EBL |
| MSN: | 28-20435 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Port Alfred Aerodrome Runway 28 -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Port Alfred Aerodrome |
| Port Alfred Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The student pilot was engaged in a solo training flight. On his second touch-and-go landing attempt on Runway 28 at Port Alfred Aerodrome he ballooned the aircraft, in an attempt to recover from the condition the right wing tip struck the ground. The pilot lost directional control of the aircraft causing it to veer off the runway to the left. The nose wheel broke off and the propeller struck the ground. The pilot was not injured in the accident. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot ballooned the aircraft on landing in an attempt to recover from the condition the right wing tip struck the ground, causing the aircraft to veer off the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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