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| Date: | Wednesday 6 August 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  The Airplane Factory Sling 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZU-FZF |
| MSN: | 132 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC) -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The student pilot performed an emergency landing in a helicopter area at the airport. The pilot was not injured, but the plane was damaged.
The pilot reported that he was experiencing a problem in the cockpit. He indicated that the cockpit was having the smell of electrical wires burning.
Sources:
www.midrandreporter.co.za/112845/student-crashes-aircrafr-midrand/
http://www.caa.co.za/Occurence%20Reports/August%202014.pdf
http://www.airplanefactory.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 September 2015 | ZU-FZF | ATS (Aviation Toward Success) | 0 | R511 near Diepsloot, north Johannesburg, Gauteng | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2014 13:11 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Aug-2014 00:42 | Geno | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 26-Mar-2021 12:16 | harro | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Sep-2022 11:36 | harro | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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