ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272720
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| Date: | Sunday 9 June 2002 |
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| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HYT |
| MSN: | 1397 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Leeukop Game Farm approximately 30km East of Pongola -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Mkuze District, Pongola |
| Mkuze District, Pongola | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 9 June 2002, the helicopter was engaged in a game capturing operation and had been flying for over an hour before the accident occurred. The helicopter had executed three landings and three take-offs. During the last flight, while chasing the game and as the game was entering the boma, the helicopter went into a hover and started to turn anti-clockwise. The helicopter moved rearwards and the tail rotor of the helicopter hooked onto the top wire of the high-tension power line. The helicopter started to move rapidly rearwards and started to turn left through 45s?. The nose of the helicopter dropped and it entered into an uncontrollable spin prior to crashing into the ground, fatally injuring the pilot. Probable Cause The tail rotor contacted the high tension wires, resulting in the helicopter entering an uncontrollable spin prior to crashing into the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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