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| Date: | Friday 18 May 2012 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Agusta A119 Koala |
| Owner/operator: | Abalengani Helicopter Services |
| Registration: | ZS-RSL |
| MSN: | 14013 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Farm Norris in the Northern Cape -
 South Africa
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Game Farm in Kalahari (Northern Cape Province) |
| Game Farm near Tosca (North West Province) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed.
Helicopter was rendered useless by the pilot by hacksawing through the rotor blades and the skids and covered with mud and bushes to hide it and to prevent "vandalism". Same helicopter repaired and involved in a similar incident in Zimbabwe, 05 May 2014. See: http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=166569
Sources:
TIMES LIFE NEWSPAPER 23-05-2012
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 2014 | ZS-RSL | Abalengani Helicopters | 0 | West Nicholson |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2012 02:25 | flying dutchman | Added |
| 24-Jan-2013 10:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2014 17:38 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
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