ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273341
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 2003 |
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| Type: |  Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-SWI |
| MSN: | 30-1808 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lanseria Aerodrome Runway 06L -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Lanseria Aerodrome |
| Lanseria Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The Instructor stated that during a training flight, he joined the right hand downwind prior to landing on Runway 06L at Lanseria and selected the landing gear to the down position, but the green down and locked light failed to illuminate. He then recycled the landing gear and attempted to lower the landing gear with the emergency extension lever, but it was to no avail. During the fly-past, the tower confirmed that the left-hand main landing gear was only partially extended. The Instructor then landed with both engines shut-down and the propellers feathered. Upon landing, the left- hand main gear collapsed and the aircraft ground looped through approximately 60 degrees. The left hand wing was only slightly damaged. Nobody was injured in the accident. The last MPI (Mandatory Periodic Inspection) was certified on 10 July 2003 at a total of 6360.00 airframe hours. The aircraft had flown 82.00 hours since the MPI was certified. The Instructor was the holder of a valid licence at the time of the accident with a Grade 2 Instructor Rating. His Medical Certificate was valid until 28 February 2004. PROBABLE CAUSE: It appears that the left-hand main landing gear inner push-pull cable was not properly swaged at the rod-end fitting at the gearbox transmission below the cockpit floor. A contributory factor could also be that the push- pull cable became stiff with no lubrication and eventually caused the cable to pull free from the rod-end fitting.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 May 2006 | ZS-SWI | near Lanseria Aerodrome | |
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