ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 273449
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| Date: | Saturday 12 December 1998 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Astro |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RHX |
| MSN: | 0295 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Presley Bay -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | |
| Departure airport: | Richmond, KZN. S29°52.41’ E030°17.19’ |
| Presley Bay. Approximately 25NM south of FAPJ (Port St Johns) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was the holder of a valid licence and the aircraft type was appropriately endorsed onto his licence. The pilot was the holder of a valid medical certificate with no restrictions. The flight from Richmond to Presley Bay was uneventful. It would appear that the landing area selected at Presley Bay was not suitable for landing the aircraft. When the rear passengers disembarked from the aircraft nothing happened, but when the front passenger disembarked the aircraft tilted backwards due to the rearwards shifting of the C of G. This created the impression that the aircraft became airborne. Fine weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. PROBABLE CAUSE: It would appear that the accident was a result of C of G shifting rearwards as the front passenger disembarked from the aircraft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
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