ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34491
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| Date: | Saturday 18 October 2008 |
| Time: | c. 13:00 |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 II |
| Owner/operator: | Blue Sphere Investments |
| Registration: | ZS-HBS |
| MSN: | 11863 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2007 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm Klipfontein between Lydenburg and Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lapeng Lodge, near Burgersfort |
| FAGM (Rand Airport) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Helicopter took off from the Lapeng Lodge near Burgersfort about 20km outside Lydenburg. It then collided with power lines across a deep ravine on the farm Klipfontein and plunged 100m onto rocks in the ravine and caught fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. Three die in helicopter crash
2. Chopper crash kills 3
3. Three killed in helicopter crash
4. ]Three dead in helicopter crash
5. Helicopter crash victims yet to be identified
6. Chopper crash bodies to be tested
7. 3 sterf toe heli draad tref
8. Two locked in deadly embrace
Images:
Rand Airport, May 2, 2008
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Oct-2008 12:23 | Topaz | Added |
| 19-Oct-2008 01:09 | Topaz | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2008 01:11 | Topaz | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2008 07:11 | Topaz | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2008 23:08 | Topaz | Updated |
| 19-Oct-2008 23:08 | Topaz | Updated |
| 20-Oct-2008 08:05 | Topaz | Updated |
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