ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70025
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| Date: | Sunday 8 November 2009 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Jabiru SP |
| Owner/operator: | TJ Flight Services CC |
| Registration: | ZU-COX |
| MSN: | 409 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rhino Park Airfield, ± 30km east of Pretoria, Gauteng -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | FAKT |
| Rhino Park | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and student pilot took off from Kitty Hawk Aero Estate (FAKT) on a training flight to Rhino Park Aero Estate.
During the final approach to do a touch and go on runway 27, the aircraft encountered two severe gusts of wind.
The second gust of wind caused the aircraft to roll to the left and crash into some rocks with the left main gear.
The aircraft cartwheeled and then came to a stop in an upright position. The instructor and the student pilot were not injured. However, the aircraft was destroyed in the accident.
Probable Cause
The aircraft was operated in crosswinds that exceed the aircraft’s maximum crosswind component.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAA SA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 April 2008 | ZU-COX | TJ Flight Services CC | 0 | Kitty Hawk, Gauteng | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Nov-2009 04:45 | Topaz | Added |
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