ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174351
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| Date: | Sunday 8 March 2015 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bell UH-1H Huey |
| Owner/operator: | FFA Aviation (Pty) Ltd (T/A FFA, Working on Fire) |
| Registration: | ZS-HBV |
| MSN: | 5718 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cape Point National Park, Western Cape -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Newlands Forest Station, Western Cape |
| Cape Point National Park, Western Cape | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter went down in mountainous terrain while water bombing the area. The pilot sustained fatal injuries.
Probable cause: The pilot was unable to regain control of the helicopter following a loss of tail rotor thrust, which was caused by fracture of the left-hand aft control cable during flight, followed by the failure of the tail rotor driveshaft.
Contributory factors: The left-hand aft control cable fractured due to mechanical wear at the pulley location, which caused secondary damage and failure of the tail rotor drive train.
Failure of the maintenance organisation and maintenance personnel to follow required maintenance procedures, thereby not detecting the deteriorating condition of the aft control cable timeously (absence of daily inspections).
The maintenance engineering staff complement employed by the AMO at the time was found to be inadequate to conduct proper maintenance inspections of the ageing fleet of helicopters as called for in the aircraft maintenance schedule.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
www.news24.com
http://ewn.co.za/2015/03/08/Heavy-EMS-presence-at-Cape-Point-helicopter-crash
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/lack-of-maintenance-contributed-to-fatal-cape-town-chopper-crash-caa-20160114
http://www.caa.co.za/Accidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/9420.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2015 15:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Mar-2015 16:30 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2015 19:46 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration] |
| 08-Mar-2015 19:47 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 08-Mar-2015 21:40 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 10-Mar-2015 07:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Mar-2015 12:51 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 15-Jan-2016 16:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 08:57 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Sep-2020 09:00 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport] |
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