ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308709
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| Date: | Monday 16 January 2023 |
| Time: | 07:07 UTC |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-SDA |
| MSN: | 17276251 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) |
| Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to available information, the student pilot was cleared for take-off on runway 06 by the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) on duty. During take-off run, the SP lost control and the aircraft veered off to the left of the runway 06. After exiting the runway, the nose gear dug in the soft ground and collapsed resulting in the aircraft sustaining damage to nose gear assembly which separated from the nose section. The propeller also came into contact with the ground. The aircraft skidded for some distance before coming to a stop.
Probable Cause
Loss of control during take-off resulted in the aircraft’s failure to lift-off adequately; this caused the aircraft to settle back onto the runway before it veered off to the left and onto the grass. The cause of the aircraft settling back was due to a lack of compensation for drift which was caused by the crosswind during take-off.
Contributing Factors
• Incorrect technique was used during take-off.
• The take-off speed was not increased to above normal during take-off in crosswind conditions as stipulated in the POH.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Ex N109SP, N767UP, N124ER, N98046 Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 October 2008 | ZS-SDA | South African Flight Training Academy | Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng | |
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| 9 December 2023 | ZS-SDA | 0 | Pretoria-Wonderboom Airport (PRY/FAWB) | |
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