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| Date: | Saturday 3 September 2005 |
| Time: | 14:25 LT |
| Type: |  Agusta A109K2 |
| Owner/operator: | Viamax Fleet Management |
| Registration: | ZS-RRB |
| MSN: | 10035 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | MV Aloha Afovos, off Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed into the sea at the entrance to the Richards Bay Harbour following an obstacle strike during marine pilot transfer from MV Aloha Afovos. Body of the rear crewman recovered by divers.
The helicopter, in strong cross-wind conditions, probably ran out of lateral left control input when the additional
mass of the marine pilot was lifted by the hoist. It then rolled over to the right, collided with the cargo ship,
crashed into the sea and sunk.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120226041524/http://www.dgualdo.it:80/prod-a109k2.htm
https://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-188505.html
http://www.airliners.net/photo/National-Ports-Authority/Agusta-A-109K-2/1972861/M (Accident photo)
https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/aviation-officials-to-probe-helicopter-crash-252657
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 June 2000 | ZS-RRB | Viamax Fleet Management | 1 | MV Ambassador, off Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal | |
min |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Sep-2010 12:41 | pesce | Added |
| 24-Aug-2011 22:25 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Jan-2012 12:01 | Moeletsi | Updated [Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Jan-2013 12:20 | TB | Updated [Cn, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2016 13:12 | angel khitasne | Updated [Time, ] |
| 24-Jun-2017 14:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2017 14:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2017 14:53 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 08:32 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 05-Aug-2025 08:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, ] |
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