ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302974
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| Date: | Friday 28 October 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-FOR |
| MSN: | 28-24105 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) |
| Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the student, three successful touch and go’s on RWY 29 were conducted and during the fourth touch and go, the approach appeared to be a bit higher than previous ones. The flap setting was set at full flaps (40°) while the indicated airspeed was at 70 knots (kts). The aircraft ballooned and during touch down it impacted hard on the runway surface. Whilst on landing roll, the aircraft veered off to the left of the runway, the pilot tried to correct with right rudder input, and this was in vain. The aircraft exited the RWY on the left into the unprepared surface. The nose gear dug in the soft ground and broke off, making the propeller blades to encounter the ground and the engine stopped thereafter. The aircraft skidded for some distance before coming to rest.
Probable Cause(s)
It is likely that the aircraft’s speed was high on approach and, during the round-out, the aircraft ballooned and landed hard before it exited the runway.
Contributing Factor
The student pilot used an incorrect technique to recover the aircraft instead of executing a go-around
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 September 2005 | ZS-FOR | Starlite Aviation | 0 | La Mercy Beach, 25km north of Durban, KZN | |
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