ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273393
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| Date: | Saturday 9 September 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HWD |
| MSN: | 1114 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Messina Nature reserve -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Messina Nature reserve |
| Messina Nature reserve | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that he was busy with game capturing in the Messina Nature Reserve when he allowed the tail rotor to contact a tree. This caused the tail rotor to fail and the helicopter yawed violently to the right and struck a tree. PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot allowed the tail rotor to strike a tree whilst busy with a game capture detail.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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