ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273450
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| Date: | Friday 11 May 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZU-CJH |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Taxiway Mkuze aerodrome -
 South Africa
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| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Komatipoort Area (Farm Elsjan) |
| Komatipoort Area (Farm Elsjan) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A statement that was obtained from the pilot follows: 'On take-off the aircraft accelerated normally. After approximately 200m it veered off to the left, pitched up to a height of approximately 2m, the rotor struck the ground behind the aircraft, which then descended into a sugarcane field, coming to rest on its right side and about 90s? to the direction of take-off.'? PROBABLE CAUSE:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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