ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272673
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 January 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-181 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-LVX |
| MSN: | 28-7790064 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Runway 11 at East London Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Lady Frere (Private Aerodrome) |
| East London (FAEL) Aerodrome | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The aircraft drifted to the left of the gravel runway on take-off roll and at about rotation, the left main landing gear made contact with an anthill, causing the wheel axle and wheel assembly (lower strut) to separate from the aircraft. The crew continued with the flight to their destination. On landing and during the touch down the left hand wing settled on the runway. The aircraft came to a halt on the left hand side of Runway 11. The pilot discovered that the left gear oleo piston and the wheel assembly were missing. It was later recovered at the departure point by the locals. Both crew sustained no injuries. The aircraft sustained damage to the left-hand undercarriage, left-hand wing and the tail plane. Probable Cause The left main wheel made contact with an anthill, causing the left main landing gear lower strut to be separated from the aircraft
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 2005 | ZS-LVX | Approximately 1 200 metres short of runway 24 at Fly Inn Airpark | |
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