ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 17592
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| Date: | Wednesday 28 March 2007 |
| Time: | 11:30 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale AS 350 B |
| Owner/operator: | Henley Air |
| Registration: | ZS-RSW |
| MSN: | 2227 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1989 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Simmerpan Eskom Complex, Germiston -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Survey |
| Departure airport: | Eskom Simmerpan Complex, Germiston |
| Grand Central Airport (FAGC) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter took off from a lawn within the Eskom Simmerpan Complex in Germiston on a photo sortie. It failed to gain height and a skid went through the windscreen of a Toyota Hilux entering the complex. As the helicopter tipped over, the main rotor hit a building. The Hilux fell onto its side and the helicopter crashed onto a VW Golf behind the Hilux. The pilot and driver of the Hilux escaped with minor injuries. The co-pilot was seriously injured and the driver of the Golf died at the scene.
Probable Cause
The helicopter exceeded the maximum permissible take-off weight during take-off, which had a direct
effect on the power demand and power availability.
Contributory Factor: The area from where the pilot attempted to take off, consisted of high rise buildings, in a confined area which most probably caused uneven wind patterns and conditions over the buildings, causing a decay in the main rotor RPM. There was also no proper windsock to indicate the wind direction and wind speeds and no safe escape route in case of an emergency
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2090970,00.html
2. Video of accident: http://www.break.com/index/low_flying_helicopter_hits_car.html
3. Official accident report: http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspxAccidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/8278.pdf
4. https://flickr.com/photos/mervbhx/7462668136/
5. http://avcom.co.za/phpBB3//phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19636&start=15
6. [LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/search/se350show.asp?start=1201&count=50]
7. https://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/270091-helicopter-crash-south-africa-incl-video-footage.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Apr-2008 05:38 | Topaz | Added |
| 27-Apr-2008 12:21 | Topaz | Updated |
| 12-May-2008 15:45 | Topaz | Updated |
| 16-Jul-2014 14:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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