ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272731
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 2008 |
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| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta II |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RMJ |
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| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Open area next to Grand central Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Grand Central Aerodrome (FAGC) |
| Grand Central Aerodrome (FAGC) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The instructor and a licensed student pilot embarked on a training flight with the intention to conduct autorotation and flaring exercises at Grand Central Aerodrome (FAGC) general flying area South of Allandale road. The helicopter was refuelled to full capacity prior to the flight. They took off from FAGC, using runway 35 routing towards the south of Allandale road. He then flew to an altitude of 6000 feet above ground level (AGL). The student pilot then descended to 6 feet above ground level at an open boundary outside FAGC where he flared in auto rotation. While busy with the exercise, the helicopter impacted an ant hill on the ground. The student pilot lost control, yawed to the left and impacted the ground heavily on the skid. The tail rotor, the empennage and the tail rotor gearbox separated from the tail boom. The tail rotor, the skid, the main rotor blades and the tail boom were damaged. Probable Cause Tail rotor impacted an ant hill during a low level flight. Contributory Cause/s: Failure of the instructor and the student to look out.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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