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| Date: | Saturday 7 April 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Kitplanes for Africa Bushbaby 450 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-DLV |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 700 m short of threshold of runway 09, Rhino Park aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Bapsfontein aerodrome (Gauteng province) |
| Rhino Park aerodrome (Gauteng province) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot, accompanied by a passenger, departed from Bapsfontein aerodrome on a private flight to Rhino Park aerodrome, with the intention of returning to Bapsfontein. He stated that he approached Rhino Park from the east and joined on a right downwind for landing on runway 09. He was number two in the circuit for landing. As he turned onto right base at a height of about 400 to 500 feet above ground level (AGL), the engine failed. He executed a forced landing in an open, dried-out wetland covered in dense grass 500 mm to 700 mm high. Approximately 30 m after touchdown, the aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted. Both occupants disembarked from the wreckage immediately, fearing a possible post-impact fire. Nobody was injured in the accident. Probable Cause Unsuccessful forced landing following an engine failure in-flight, which was attributed to a mechanical malfunction.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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