ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 246964
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| Date: | Saturday 22 April 2017 |
| Time: | 08:10 UTC |
| Type: |  Bell 430 |
| Owner/operator: | National Airways Corporation |
| Registration: | ZS-VDM |
| MSN: | 49024 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5926 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Spartan Helistop, Kempton Park, Gauteng Province -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Grand Central Aerodrome (FAGC), Gauteng Province |
| Spartan Helistop, Kempton Park, Gauteng Province | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Main rotor blades struck the tail boom causing substantial damage and the separation of the tail boom from the fuselage.
Probable cause:
In an attempt to stop the helicopter from rolling forward the pilot applied aft cyclicstick, which caused a substantial aft tilt moment of the main rotor disk to such an extent that the main rotor blades made contact with the left vertical stabilizer and severed the tail boom.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.caa.co.za/Accidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/9615.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2021 08:34 | Anon. | Added |
| 22-Jan-2021 08:39 | harro | Updated [Source] |
| 22-Nov-2023 21:04 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
| 05-Dec-2023 15:00 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities] |
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