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| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bellanca Citabria ECA |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-WLI |
| MSN: | 345 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Klerksdorp -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | FABS |
| Klerksdorp | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
1.1.1 The pilot and his passenger departed Brits aerodrome on the 3rd of April 1999 at 0430 Z for a private flight to Klerksdorp aerodrome. The purpose of the visit was to attend the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Annual Convention. 1.1.2 The following is a description of the accident by the pilot : 'The ATC changed the circuit from 360s? to 180s? due to an aircraft blocking the active runway. There were s? 9 aircraft in the circuit, which caused us to land close behind each other'?. 1.1.3 'I landed on runway 18 with a s? 10 ' 12 kt tailwind, at about 45mph the aircraft ran off to the left of the runway. I could not apply power due to other aircraft ahead of me, and tried to correct with rudder and brakes. I was unable to avoid a ground-loop'?. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot lost directional control after landing and was unable to prevent the ground-loop.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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