ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201396
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 November 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | ZS-SRV |
| MSN: | 3300 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Bigstok Farm, Clocolan, Free State -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
While herding buffaloes, the helicopter struck electric wires and crashed. Both occupants died in the crash. According to contemporary newspaper reports:
"A pilot and his assistant were killed when their helicopter crashed in Clocolan, Free State police said on Thursday.
Colonel Thandi Mbambo said the two men, one from Winburg and other from Limpopo were busy searching for their buffaloes with a light helicopter at Bigstok farm the district of Clocolan on Wednesday.
"The buffaloes were on the mountain on the same farm. It is alleged that the victim from Winburg was a pilot while the one from Limpopo was his assistant," Mbambo said.
"The pilot did not realize the electric cable because they were both concentrating on the ground as they were searching for those buffaloes on the mountains, and they accidentally bumped against the electric cable. The helicopter fell on the ground and was badly damaged. Unfortunately the victims died on the scene."
She said the Civil Aviation SA and other role players were called to the scene.
"A case of culpable homicide is being investigated. The names of the deceased cannot be released at this stage following police investigations into the matter."
Sources:
1. https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/free-state/two-killed-in-free-state-helicopter-crash-12036763
2. https://www.netwerk24.com/Nuus/Algemeen/2-sterf-in-helikopter-ongeluk-20171115
3. https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/volksblad/20171116/282114931865817
4. https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1199457
5. http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showphoto.php?photo=70920&title=rand-airport28fagm-29&cat=576
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 November 2009 | ZS-SRV | Racecraft Motors (Pty) Ltd | 0 | West of Runway 35 at Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 15:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Nov-2017 18:49 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2017 19:52 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 25-Nov-2017 23:10 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Source] |
| 14-Jul-2018 21:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Nature, Source, Embed code] |
| 14-Jul-2018 21:57 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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