ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17849
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| Date: | Thursday 20 March 2008 |
| Time: | 11:45 UTC |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta II |
| Owner/operator: | Louis Fourie Game Capture (Pty) Ltd |
| Registration: | ZS-RTV |
| MSN: | 3586 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Rustenburg, North West Province -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brits aerodrome, North West Province (FABS) |
| Rustenburg aerodrome, North West Province (FARG) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 20 March 2008, the pilot took off from Brits aerodrome on a flight to Rustenburg aerodrome. While flying overhead a built-up area near Rustenburg at a height of about 1,500 feet above ground level (AGL), he lowered the collective pitch lever and the engine RPM immediately decreased to idle. The engine RPM remained at idle regardless of the input the pilot made on the throttle. The pilot then lowered the collective and performed an auto-rotation.
The helicopter landed hard in a stretch of open veld approximately 1 km from where he had initiated the auto-rotation. The helicopter was extensively damaged as a result of the hard landing. The pilot sustained no injuries.
Investigation showed that the throttle linkage had failed due to fatigue. This was considered to be the cause of the engine RPM decreasing to idle and remaining there. The possibility exists that the throttle linkage had been damaged before this flight and thus failed during throttle and collective operation.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspxresource%20center/accidents%20&%20incid/reports/2008/8460.pdf
2. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/r22show.asp?start=3551&count=50]
3. http://avcom.co.za/phpBB3//phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=33085
4. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Robinson-R-22-Beta/1903914/?sid=4a16251b4260643fbafb04e34bc3a505
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 July 2004 | ZS-RTV | Kalahari Oryx Game Fa | |
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| Vortex ring state | ||||||
| 29 October 2013 | ZS-RTV | Starlite Aviation | 0 | Seaview Brakfontein Farm, approx.1.5km from Herold's Bay, Western Cape | |
sub |
| Bounced on landing | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2008 08:37 | Topaz | Added |
| 19-Feb-2012 16:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2016 22:49 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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