ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70100
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| Date: | Wednesday 18 November 2009 |
| Time: | 15:42 LT |
| Type: |  British Aerospace Jetstream 41 |
| Owner/operator: | SA Airlink (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-OMZ |
| MSN: | 41037 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Runway 08, Port Elizabeth Airport, Eastern Cape -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | FAPE (Port Elizabeth) |
| FAEL (East London) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
SA Airlink flight SA8488, a Jetstream 41 veered off the runway onto the grass in wet and windy conditions at the Port Elizabeth Airport during the take-off roll. There were no injuries to any of the passengers or crew and the aircraft was subsequently recovered. It has been reported that the aircraft suffered a hydraulic unibalance valve failure on the steering tiller.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. SA Airlink plane skids off runway at PE Airport
2. Incident - SA Airlink Flight SA8488 - Port Elizabeth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2009 06:56 | jahn | Added |
| 18-Nov-2009 08:33 | RobertMB | Updated |
| 18-Nov-2009 17:09 | Topaz | Updated |
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