GAA21WA030

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 172 · Bloemfontein, South Africa · February 21, 2021

Accident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
February 21, 2021, 11:50 local (11:50 UTC)
Place
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
ZS-SUICessna 172
Defining event
Approach-VFR pattern downwind: Loss of engine power (total)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
General Aviation Accidents
Lead agency
Other
Case key
102664

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Loss of engine power (total)Approach-VFR pattern downwindAll aircraft: 3,820 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
ZS-SUI
Reported as
Cessna 172 (L)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Registered owner
Sun Quest Trading and Projects (Pty) LTD
Airport
FAGM, runway 29