ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272727
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| Date: | Tuesday 10 April 2007 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RTA |
| MSN: | 3519 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | La Mercy – North of Durban; KZN -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | FAVG (Virginia Durban; KZN) |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 10 April 2007 the pilot, accompanied by a student pilot, took off during fine weather conditions for a training flight to practice auto-rotation landings. The flight was duly authorized. During the exercise the student pilot attempted the recovery process too late and the pilot failed to intervene in time. This resulted in the helicopter impacting with the terrain, at which time the tail boom was severed from the helicopter and the helicopter erupted in fire. The occupants sustained fatal injuries during the accident sequence. The pilot was correctly licensed to conduct the flight and held a valid restricted medical certificate as a commercial pilot. According to the available information, the aircraft was correctly maintained. Probable Cause Controlled flight into terrain.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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