- Date
- March 8, 2015, 10:05 local (10:05 UTC)
- Place
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Coordinates
- 34.2628, 435.8333
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- ZS-HBVBell UH1H - NO Series
- Defining event
- Enroute: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90873
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Loss of control in flightAll aircraft: 5,002 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of South Africa has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Bell UH-1H helicopter that occurred on March 08, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of South Africa's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the helicopter.All investigative information will be released by the government of South Africa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-HBV
- Reported as
- Bell UH1H - NO Series (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 66-16024
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial