# NTSB GAA22WA016: Rotoway International Executive 162F, Cape Town, South Africa, October 9, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 9, 2021, 11:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Cape Town, South Africa · grass field
- Coordinates: -33.760278, 18.548525 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.7603&lon=18.5485&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA016

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZU-RDX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Rotoway International Executive 162F
- Category: Helicopter, amateur-built
- Serial number: 6911
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Departed: Morning Star
- Destination: Western Cape Province

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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