ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279125
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| Date: | Friday 11 March 2022 |
| Time: | 06:30 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna 170A |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-PJD |
| MSN: | 18743 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Darlington Dam Lodge Airstrip (FADP) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | East London Airport (ELS/FAEL) |
| Swellendam (FASX) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A pilot accompanied by two passengers on-board a Cessna 170A aircraft with registration mark ZS-PJD took off on a private flight from East London Airport (FAEL) to Swellendam Airfield (FASX). The flight was conducted under visual meteorological conditions (VMC) by day.
The pilot stated that en route to their destination at approximately 130 nautical miles (nm) from FAEL, the weather conditions deteriorated. There was a morning coastal low cloud to the south of their route, therefore, the pilot decided to divert to Darlington Dam Lodge Airstrip (FADP) which had fine weather conditions at that time. Upon landing, the aircraft touched down on runway 20, bounced and veered off to the left side. The pilot overcorrected the aircraft by applying too much right rudder. This resulted in the nose turning to the right and the aircraft veering off the runway to the right and colliding with a parked Cessna A185E Skywagon with registration mark ZU-JGM. Both aircraft sustained substantial damage to the wings, fuselage and propellers. The pilot and the passengers were not injured
Probable cause:
It is likely that the aircraft’s approach for landing was unstable, resulting in the aircraft bouncing and losing directional control before colliding with a parked aircraft on the right-side of the runway.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
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