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| Date: | Friday 3 July 2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Humbert Aviation MDC 912 STA |
| Owner/operator: | Travaux Services Aeriennes (TSA) |
| Registration: | TU-TAK |
| MSN: | 01210 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Asutuare -
 Ghana
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB Ghana |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The subject aircraft, which is part of a two-aircraft crop-spraying operation, is operated by
Travaux Services Aeriennes (TSA) of Cote d’Ivoire on behalf of Golden Exotics Ltd. The aircraft
was on routine flights over the designated areas of the banana plantation in Asutuare in the Eastern
Region of Ghana.
At about 8.25 AM the pilot, Bruno Tardy, took off in the aircraft with registration TU-TAK from
Runway C near Sector 7 of the banana plantation.
On apporoach to the airstrip of a banana plantation, the nosewheel hit one of the wire cables which run spanwise just above the canopy of the plantation. The aircraft flipped over after contacting the wire and crashed into a ditch. Aboard the aircraft was one pilot. The pilot sustained a fractured leg and the aircraft was structurally damaged.
It is probable that the pilot flew lower than what is typical for TSA crop-spraying operations and went into ground effect, causing the sudden sink and the nosewheel coming into contact with the twining wire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
AIB Ghana
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Dec-2024 11:00 | ASN | Added |
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