ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 59518
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| Date: | Sunday 12 April 1987 |
| Time: | 16:00 |
| Type: |  Rand Robinson KR-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Mike Findon, Sakkie Halgreen |
| Registration: | ZS-VNJ |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ±7km from Lanseria Airport, Gauteng -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | FALA (Lanseria) |
| FALA (Lanseria) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Apparently the aircraft had been built to "non-standard" construction with a fuel tank behind the pilots. In order to get the centre of gravity back into limits, a lead weight was bolted to the propeller hub behind the spinner. During the test flight the lead weight came flying out, took out the wooden propeller, which caused engine vibration necessitating an engine shut down. Due to the aft centre of gravity, the aircraft stalled and went into a very flat unrecoverable spin and impacted the ground at a high rate of descent.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 12-Apr-2009 08:20 | Topaz | Added |
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