ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 73946
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| Date: | Wednesday 14 April 2010 |
| Time: | 05:47 UTC |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta II |
| Owner/operator: | Henley Air (op.)/Gypsy Empire Properties Pty (owner) |
| Registration: | ZS-ROV |
| MSN: | 3427 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Near Panorama Aerodrone, Swartkoppies Road, Alberton/Mulbarton -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng (FAGM) |
| Rand Airport, Germiston, Gauteng (FAGM) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On Wednesday morning, 14 April 2010, at approximately 05:38 UTC, a Robinson R22 helicopter, ZS-ROV, with the pilot as the only person on board, took off from Rand Aerodrome (FAGM) on a "hire and fly flight" to the Rand Helicopter General Flying (GF) area. The intention of this flight was to do some steep approach exercises.
When the helicopter did not return to the Flying School as scheduled, the South African Police Service (SAPS) were informed. The school and the police started a search for the missing helicopter.
At approximately 08:40 UTC the air traffic controller (ATC) at Rand Aerodrome (FAGM) received a call from a person on the ground in the GF area informing them that the helicopter with registration ZS-ROV had crashed into an open grass field near Panorama Aerodrome, Swartkoppies Road, Alberton/Mulbarton (the GPS position was reported as being 26˚19’45”S, 028˚03’54”E). The helicopter was destroyed during the impact sequence and the pilot was fatally injured.
Probable Cause: The pilot entered instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), where after he collided with terrain because he had no visual reference to the ground.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.caa.co.za/Pages/Default.aspxAccidents%20and%20Incidents%20Reports/8780.pdf
2. http://news.iafrica.com/sa/2358221.htm
3. http://ewn.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=37215
4. http://www.jacarandafm.com/kagiso/content/en/jacaranda/jacaranda-news?oid=684662&sn=Detail&pid=6182&Pilot-killed-in-helicopter-crash
5. http://henleyair.co.za/fleet/fleet_r22/r22b2_zs_rov.htm (photo)
6. http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/576/DSC09550.JPG (accident photo)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 January 2004 | ZS-ROV | 0 | Rand Aerodrome | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2010 07:05 | flying dutchman | Added |
| 14-Apr-2010 14:02 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2016 20:30 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2016 20:32 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2016 20:35 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 05-Oct-2016 20:36 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source] |
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