Swearingen SA226 ZS-ZOC

Summary

On 13 June 2010 at about 09:00 local time, a Swearingen SA226 registered ZS-ZOC, operated by African Aviation Skies, was involved in an accident near Johannesburg, South Africa. 16 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 June 2010 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

Coordinates

-25.9383, 27.9261

Aircraft

Swearingen SA226

Registration

ZS-ZOC

Category

Airplane

Operator

African Aviation Skies

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA10WA068

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 13, 2010 about 0900 UTC, ZS-ZOC, a Swearingen SA226 Metro 11, an unscheduled commercial domestic flight, operated African Skies Aviation, was involved in a wheels up landing at Lanseria Aerodrome (FALA), Johannesburg, South Africa. The 2 crewmembers and 14 passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged and there was no fire. The domestic flight was originally destined for Polokwane Aerodrome in Limpopo where during the approach, the left main gear failed to extend and the crew elected to return to FALA to execute a wheels up landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.