ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273191
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| Date: | Friday 7 June 2002 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HEP |
| MSN: | 1140374 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Borokalalo Game Reserve (Rustenburg Area) -
 South Africa
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| Departure airport: | Borokalalo Game Reserve (Rustenburg Area) |
| Borokalalo Game Reserve | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While engaged in a game capturing operation, flying at a height of approximately 150 feet above ground level, a sharp right turn was initiated. While in the turn the engine misfired, causing a severe airframe vibration. The engine continued to run rough, and the pilot, realising that there was a problem, elected to carry out a precautionary landing. While turning into wind it appeared to the pilot that the engine had failed. During an attempted forced landing in dense bush, the main rotor blades made contact with surrounding trees, causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The pilot was not injured in the accident. PROBABLE CAUSE: During the engine bench test run no malfunction could be detected that could have caused the engine to fail. However, the possibility of fuel contamination could not be excluded.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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