ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 272784
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 November 2006 |
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| Type: | Chayair Sycamore Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-CCY |
| MSN: | SYCA0010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | In an open field 3 miles from Rhino Park Aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Rhino Park Aerodrome |
| Private Aerodrome near Machadodorp | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At approximately 0830Z on the morning of 8 November 2006, a pilot took off from Rhino Park Aerodrome flying towards Machadodorp when at a height of approximately 500 feet above ground level, the main rotor blades of the gyroplane that the pilot was flying, separated from the motor mast. The cart of the gyroplane immediately fell downwards and impacted with the ground, bursting into flames. Probable Cause The main rotor blades separated from the rotor mast in flight, because the bearing sleeve had been assembled upside down. Contributory A major modification on the aircraft was performed without approval from the appropriate authority after an Authority to Fly had been issued.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 August 2001 | ZU-CCY | 0 | Babsfontein | |
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