Air accident involving a Reims-Cessna F406 at Johannesburg Airport

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Air accident involving a Reims-Cessna F406 at Johannesburg Airport
Aussie Air Reims F406 Caravan II ADL Finney.jpg

An Aussie Air Reims-Cessna F406
Accident summary
Accident type Loss of control through overload and incorrect weight distribution
place at Johannesburg Airport , South AfricaSouth AfricaSouth Africa 
date November 3, 2001
Fatalities 3
Survivors 0
Aircraft
Aircraft type FranceFranceUnited StatesUnited States Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II
operator South AfricaSouth Africa GJ Air
Mark South AfricaSouth Africa ZS-OIG
Departure airport Johannesburg Airport , Gauteng , South AfricaSouth AfricaSouth Africa 
Destination airport Eros Airport , Windhoek , NamibiaNamibiaNamibia 
Passengers 1
crew 2
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The air accident a Reims-Cessna F406 at Johannesburg airport occurred on November 3, 2001. On that day, rushed a Reims-Cessna F406 airline GJ Air , with an international freight flight from Johannesburg airport to airport Eros in the Namibian capital Windhoek are performing should, shortly after take-off, killing all three people on board. During the accident investigation, several significant deviations from the operating regulations were found.

plane

The machine was a Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II with the serial number F406-0041 built in France in 1989 by Reims Aviation . The machine was initially registered with the Dutch aircraft registration PH-ALZ to an unknown owner. On October 2, 1998, the US American GAS General Aviation Services approved the machine with the registration number N563GA . On October 16, 1998, the machine was deregistered and exported to South Africa . It was approved by GJ Air with the aircraft registration ZS-OIG . The twin-engine commuter aircraft was equipped with two turboprop engines of the type Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-112 (500 hp), each with 373 kW, which were equipped with three-bladed propellers of the type McCauley constant speed with deicing.

Inmates and cargo

There was a two-person crew on board the machine, consisting of a flight captain and a first officer, and a single passenger also flew on the flight. The cargo consisted mainly of express freight packages and two heavy steel bars, each about three meters long.

the accident

The pilots received clearance to take off from runway 03R at Johannesburg Airport. The machine accelerated, spun, and took off. At around 3:20 a.m. and only 106 seconds after take-off, the machine hit a swampy area 700 meters south of the runway threshold with a downward-facing left wing. All three occupants of the machine were killed.

root cause

The investigation showed that the Cessna was overloaded by about 700 kilograms, the maximum lift-off weight was exceeded by 16 percent. The load was not secured and there was neither a seat nor a restraint device in the machine for the passenger being carried. The aircraft's certificate of airworthiness was invalid at the time of the accident, as both engines had exceeded their maximum operating time between overhauls by around 185 hours. The operator had this flight carried out even though he was fully aware that the existing Air Operator Certificate had expired on October 31, 2001.

According to the final report of the aircraft accident investigation, the accident resulted from a loss of control of the machine along its pitch and roll axis. The loss of control occurred approximately 35 to 40 seconds after taking off. It was induced and aggravated by an overload of 16 percent as well as exceeding the operating limits with regard to the center of gravity of the machine.

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