ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281871
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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 2022 |
| Time: | 15:25 UTC |
| Type: |  Giles G-202 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N818WT |
| MSN: | 0030 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Boschkop-Kitty Hawk Airport (FAKT) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Boschkop-Kitty Hawk Airport (FAKT) |
| Boschkop-Kitty Hawk Airport (FAKT) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Two pilots on-board a Giles G-202 aircraft with registration N818WT took off from Kitty Hawk Aerodrome (FAKT) with the intention to practise aerobatic manoeuvres at the aerobatic box on the west-side of FAKT’s Runway 01.
After approximately 35 minutes, the PF flew the aircraft to the south before joining the traffic pattern for Runway 01. After
landing and as the aircraft’s speed decreased to 35 knots, the landing gear collapsed, causing the aircraft to slide for approximately 82 metres (m) before the propeller blades struck the runway’s surface about 15 times. Thereafter, the aircraft came to a stop. The aircraft sustained substantial damages during the accident sequence, however, none of the occupants was injured.
Probable cause
The main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll on Runway 01 because of the stripped saddle brackets front bolts and nuts that separated.
Contributory factor
Failure on the bolts and nuts which secure the landing gear saddle brackets seemed to have been initiated by previous hard landing/s.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAA S.A.
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