ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273188
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 October 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HFP |
| MSN: | 360486 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Elandshoek -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Elandshoek |
| Elandshoek | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was exercising auto rotations when he allowed the rotor rpm to decay (too much collective input) to a point where he was unable to control the helicopter and prevent a hard landing followed by a roll over. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot allowed the rotor rpm to decay to a point where he was unable to arrest the rapid descend.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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