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| Date: | Monday 30 April 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-HWG |
| MSN: | 1202 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-360-J2A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Farm Bondur in the Vivo/Messina district -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Farm Bondur in the Vivo/Messina district |
| Farm Bondur in the Vivo/Messina district | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot took off from the farm Bondur for a game capturing operation. He was accompanied by a veterinary surgeon who darted the buffalo from the air. The pilot then landed on a farm road close to the position where the darted animal was lying in order for the veterinary surgeon to disembark and attend to the tranquillised animal. The pilot then took off again to hover near the area in order to direct the ground crew to the location of the animal. Whilst in the hover the pilot heard a loud noise and experienced an engine over-speed condition. He immediately executed an autorotational landing but in the process collided with a tree. PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause for the accident was as a result of a foreign object that entered in between the forward V-belt and the pulley, causing the belt to be driven from its position and was wedged in between the rear pulley and belt. During the event both drive belts were driven from the pulley, causing a total drive failure.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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