ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 248592
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Date: | Friday 5 March 2021 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Robinson R44 II |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | ZS-SBM |
MSN: | 12099 |
Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Xumabee Game Ranch -
Botswana
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Matsieng Airstrip |
Destination airport: | Xumabee Game Ranch |
Investigating agency: | DAAI |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The helicopter took off shortly after 18:00 hours local time on a 45-minute flight from Matsieng Airstrip to the Xumabee Game Ranch. On approach to the ranch, the tail rotor hit a tree while the helicopter was in a slight nose-up attitude. It dove into the ground, hitting the boundary fence of the ranch.
This passenger, female rapper Sasa Klaas (Sarona Motlhagodi), suffered fatal injuries.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DAAI |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3689141937837387&id=343731052378509 https://www.sarichandfamous.com/2021/03/07/botswana-government-in-sasa-klaas-cause-of-death-cover-up/ https://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=89021&dir=2021/march/06 https://avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=238682 https://kmaupdates.com/botswana-preliminary-findings-fatal-crash-involving-helicopter-robinson-r44-raven-ii-zs-sbm/
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Mar-2021 19:55 |
Captain Adam |
Added |
06-Mar-2021 21:30 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
07-Mar-2021 08:38 |
harro |
Updated [Aircraft type, Phase, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
07-Mar-2021 13:48 |
VHK1 |
Updated [Time, Phase] |
08-Mar-2021 18:09 |
Raffles |
Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source] |
08-Mar-2021 18:11 |
harro |
Updated [Cn, Embed code] |
21-Mar-2021 10:56 |
harro |
Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
22-Jun-2023 19:35 |
harro |
Updated [[Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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