Incident Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche ZS-DVD, Friday 28 August 2020

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Date:	Friday 28 August 2020
Time:	15:00
Type:	Piper PA-30-160 Twin Comanche
Owner/operator:
Registration:	ZS-DVD
MSN:	30-445
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Location:	Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC) - South Africa
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC)
Destination airport:	Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC)
Investigating agency:	CAA S.A.
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
A Piper PA-30-160 with registration ZS-DVD, sustained substantial damage when the right main gear collapsed during landing on runway 35 at Grand Central Aerodrome (FAGC). Neither of the two pilots on-board the aircraft were injured in the accident. Visual flight rules prevailed, and a flight plan was filed for the flight which departed FAGC on a crew evaluation flight (Commercial Pilot Licence test).

PROBABLE CAUSE
The right main gear push-pull rod was unable to withstand the lateral forces that were applied to it during the landing roll. This caused the push-pull rod to bend to an extent that it was not possible to support the right main gear, and the gear subsequently collapsed.

Accident investigation: