ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 302983
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 October 2022 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Robinson R22 Beta |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | ZS-RBM |
| MSN: | 1895 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ozabeni Game reserve -
 South Africa
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | CAA S.A. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that while conducting game capturing operations with the helicopter doors removed until it started raining. He then landed back at the remote base with the intention to re-fit the doors and adjust the capture boma. He lowered the collective and rolled the throttle to the off position, then applied both cyclic and collective friction with the engine set to idle. The pilot then disembarked the helicopter and ran to fetch the doors which were lying approximately 8 meters away from the helicopter. He then heard the engine RPM pick up and the helicopter lifted off into the air briefly before banking over to the right. The main rotor blades made contact with the ground and the helicopter crashed then came to rest on its right side with substantial damage.
Probable Cause
The helicopter was left unattended whilst the engine and the rotors were still running; as a result, the helicopter momentarily lifted off uncommanded before it impacted the ground.
Contributing Factors
Deteriorating weather conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
S.A. CAA
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 January 2001 | ZS-RBM | 0 | Farm near Bethlehem | |
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| 7 April 2008 | ZS-RBM | AJ Boorwerke CC | 0 | Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape | |
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| Heavy landing | ||||||
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