ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272699
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| Date: | Thursday 27 March 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | Vortx Aviation Training |
| Registration: | ZS-RHC |
| MSN: | 2596 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Freeway airport (FAFW) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
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| Departure airport: | Wonderboom airport (FAWB) Pretoria, Gauteng |
| Freeway airport (FAFW) Private airfield, NE of Wonderboom airport | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor pilot, accompanied by a pilot, departed from Wonderboom aerodrome to the Pretoria general flying area (#1). At Freeway airport (a private aerodrome within the Pretoria general flying area #1), the instructor commenced with a series of exercises in order to test the pilot for the renewal of his private pilot's licence (PPL). During a simulated forced landing, initiated at approximately 200 ft above ground level (AGL), the helicopter crashed because it had insufficient height to initiate a recovery. The helicopter sustained extensive damage to the airframe, skids, main rotor and tail rotor. The instructor escaped unharmed from the helicopter but the pilot sustained serious facial injuries and minor back injuries during the accident sequence. Probable Cause The instructor initiated a simulated engine failure at a height which was insufficient to recover from the situation, therefore exhibiting poor judgement. Contributing factor(s) Insufficient speed and height.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 2000 | ZS-RHC | 0 | Mountain - between Nelspruit and Barberton | |
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| 22 May 2009 | ZS-RHC | Vesta Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd | 0 | Grand Central Airport, Gauteng | |
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