Status:	Final
Date:	16 APR 2002
Time:	11:34 UTC
Type:	British Aerospace BAe-748-400 Srs. 2B
Operator:	Airquarius Aviation
Registration:	ZS-OLE
C/n / msn:	1796
First flight:	1980
Engines:	2 Rolls Royce 536-2 Dart
Crew:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 42
Total:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 47
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	Sun City-Pilansberg Airport (NTY) (South Africa)
Phase:	Landing (LDG)
Nature:	Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Skukuza Airport (SZK/FASZ), South Africa
Destination airport:	Sun City-Pilansberg Airport (NTY/FAPN), South Africa

Narrative:
During the flight from Skukuza to Pilanesberg the HS-738 developed a hydraulic problem, resulting in a complete hydraulic failure. The flight continued to Pilanesberg were a safe landing was carried out on runway 23. Shortly after the landing the pilot shut down both engines, but maintained the runway heading for approximately 2000m, until the aircraft veered off to the left of the runway where it entered a ditch, 75m from the runway edge, where it finally stopped.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident resulted from a complete hydraulic failure, probably as a result of a leak on the L/H engine pump, which was not dealt with properly. Contributing to this was an incomplete emergency checklist."

Events:

Sources:
» CAA