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| Date: | Thursday 9 September 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna T303 Crusader |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-LMV |
| MSN: | T303-00246 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nelspruit Airport -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Maputo |
| Nelspruit | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was en-route from Maputo to Nelspruit and during landing, the right-hand main undercarriage pilot-shaft inside the oleo failed and due to the oleo pressure, the wheel assembly was forced from the housing, causing the wheel to swing forward. PROBABLE CAUSE: Failure of the main undercarriage pilot shaft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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