ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163084
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 January 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3 Écureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Chopperworx (Pty) Ltd, |
| Registration: | ZS-RIU |
| MSN: | 3399 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Johannesburg-Grand Central Airport (GCJ/FAGC) -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
| Grand Central Airport (FAGC) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
This was a training flight and the crew was practising a simulated governor/FADEC failure when the helicopter landed hard short of the helipad next to Runway 35 at Grand Central, resulting in substantial damage to the skid gear, which broke off. The pilot flying closed the throttle at a height of 30 ft AGL, which resulted in a sudden decay in main rotor RPM, and hard landing followed prior to intervention from the instructor pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspxOccurence%20Reports/2014/January%202014.pdf
2. http://helihub.com/2014/01/07/07-jan-14-zs-riu-eurocopter-as350b3-grand-central-south-africa/
3. http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2014/2014.semaine.02.pdf
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2014 19:55 | GAC UPDATE | Added |
| 08-Jan-2014 19:56 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 17-Jan-2014 09:55 | lionel13 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn] |
| 14-Jul-2014 01:18 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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