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| Date: | Saturday 4 July 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  PZL M-18A Dromader |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-NHY |
| MSN: | 1Z022-14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Nelspruit -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Elandshoogte |
| Nelspruit | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Very limited information was available when this report was compiled, as numerous attempts in contacting the pilot had failed. The aircraft had apparently just landed after completing a fire bombing detail, when the pilot experienced severe tail wheel shimmy, causing the tail wheel support arm to fail. Apparently no other damage was sustained. PROBABLE CAUSE: No definite conclusions could be drawn but probabilities include:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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| 6 July 2014 | ZS-NHY | Working on Fire | To the right of runway 35 at Warburton landing strip | |
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