ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272749
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| Date: | Friday 10 June 2011 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RFL |
| MSN: | 0140 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1995 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mossel Bay Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Private aerodrome near Wellington Western Cape |
| Mossel Bay aerodrome (FAMO) Western Cape | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 10 June 2011, the pilot accompanied by a passenger carried out a private flight from Wellington to Mossel Bay aerodrome in the Western Cape. The flight was uneventful until the pilot attempted to land in front of a hangar. During the landing at the Mossel Bay aerodrome, the main rotor blades made contact with the hangar structure and the helicopter crashed. The pilot was licensed and qualified to perform the flight in accordance with existing regulations. The maintenance records indicated that the helicopter was equipped and maintained in accordance with existing regulations and approved procedures. Probable Cause Collision with a hangar. Failure to keep proper lookout.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 February 2008 | ZS-RFL | 0 | Smutskuil, near Britstown, Northern Cape | |
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