ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273456
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| Date: | Saturday 29 January 2005 |
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| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RTW |
| MSN: | 1009 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Next to Sun City Helipad -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Wonderboom Aerodrome, FAWB |
| Sun City Heliport Complex | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot executed an uneventful approach for landing on the helipad at Sun City. According to the pilot, he was almost ready to touch down when he noticed a yellow line painted across the 'H'? marking on the point where he intended to land. He then concluded that the helipad was closed and decided to abort the landing. He applied power and decided to execute a go around. According to the pilot, as he turned out to the right, the helicopter yawed to the right and sank, followed by a low rotor rpm audible horn. The tail rotor blades impacted the trees and the helicopter collided with the bush type of terrain and it came to rest on its port side. An eyewitness (Security guard) who was standing in the close proximity of the intended landing zone, confirmed to the IIC that he heard the loud 'chopping'? noise when the helicopter's tail- rotor touched the tree and crashed, after which he ran towards it and radioed his manager. One of the occupants sustained minor injuries, bruises, during the accident. The last Mandatory Periodic Inspection prior to the accident was certified on 13 January 2005, at 573.3 airframe hours and the aircraft accumulated a further 21.2 hours since the last MPI was certified. According to available records, the AMO No. 247 that certified the last MPI was audited by the CAA in the last two years and the last audit date was on 29 July 2004. PROBABLE CAUSE: directional control and the collision with the ground was inevitable.
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Sources:
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