ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281868
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| Date: | Monday 4 April 2022 |
| Time: | 09:11 UTC |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | ZT-RDS |
| MSN: | 460487 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rockridge Farm in Parys -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kromhoek Farm in Odendaalsrus |
| Rockridge Farm in Parys | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot on-board a Hughes 268C helicopter with registration ZT-RDS was on a private flight from Kromhoek Farm in Odendaalsrus, to Rockridge Farm in Parys.
According to the witness, the farm owner, the helicopter came from Odendaalsrus to deliver milk samples at his farm. Normally, the pilot would deliver the milk sample by car. On that morning, the farm owner saw a helicopter approach his farm and was in the process of landing on an open space near his dairy factory. He stated that the helicopter had descended close to the ground with the tail swinging to the left and right sides; before it lifted off. The pilot tried to land on a different spot, but lifted off again and, this time, impacted the electrical cables on the farm. The farm owner stated that he saw the helicopter’s main rotor blades struck the power lines, as a result, the main rotor blades bent downwards and severed the tail boom. The pilot lost control of the helicopter and crashed on the ground. The helicopter was destroyed, and the pilot succumbed to his injuries.
The pilot’s licence expired on 31 March 2022 and his medical certificate expired on 31 October 2021; therefore, the pilot operated the helicopter without a valid licence and a medical certificate.
Probable cause
During landing, the pilot suffered a medical condition that resulted in him losing control of the helicopter and crashed.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAA S.A.
History of this aircraft
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