ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273329
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 August 1999 |
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| Type: |  Piper PA-28R-180 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-LPW |
| MSN: | 28R-30107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kameeldrift Airstrip -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Kameeldrift Airstrip |
| Kameeldrift Airstrip | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that on downwind for landing on Runway 11 at Kameeldrift Airfield near Hartebeestpoort dam, he suddenly experienced an engine failure. He immediately selected the mixture to rich and attempted to restart the engine, but to no avail. He then turned the aircraft onto a right-hand base position for landing on Runway 11. According to the pilot, the engine started on touch down at the threshold of the runway and the aircraft veered to the left, off the runway. The left-hand wing collided with a thorn tree causing the outer section of the wing to break off. The aircraft continued to roll for approximately 50 meters before the aircraft ground looped through 90 degrees. The right-hand wing subsequently broke off and was located in an inverted position under the right-hand side of the fuselage. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot apparently landed at the threshold of the runway after he experienced an engine failure but lost directional control when the engine finally started.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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