ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273447
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 September 2011 |
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| Type: |  Robinson R44 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HFN |
| MSN: | 11539 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Open field, 2.5nm from Beestekraal, North-West Province -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Beestekraal private airstrip, Brits area North West |
| Beestekraal private airstrip, Brits area North West | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that on 27 September 2011, he was accompanied by a passenger on a game culling detail at Beestekraal in the North West province. According to the pilot, he was busy with the game culling operation for approximately 1 hour, and as he attempted to chase the game from under the shrubs, the engine started misfiring with a loss of engine RPM. The radio stack also became inoperative at the same time. The pilot then executed an emergency landing, but during the landing, the helicopter impacted some tree branches and the main rotor blades subsequently impacted the tail boom, causing the tail boom to partly separate from the helicopter. The helicopter was substantially damaged during the impact sequence. The occupants sustained no injuries. PROBABLE CAUSE: Poor maintenance as a result of a defect not picked up on previous two occasions it occurred resulting on unsuccessful forced landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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