# NTSB GAA22WA044: Bell 206, Midrand, South Africa, December 11, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 11, 2021, 04:20 local (04:20 UTC)
- Place: Midrand, South Africa
- 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): 104394
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104394/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA044

## 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: ZS-HXZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (L)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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