# NTSB WAS02WA042: Schweizer 333, Gaborone, Botswana, January 22, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 22, 2002, 05:47 local (05:47 UTC)
- Place: Gaborone, Botswana
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 54888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WAS02WA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/54888/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54888
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WAS02WA042

## Aircraft

- Registration: A2-HDB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Schweizer 333
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Kalahari Air Services
- Departed: Gaborone
- Destination: Gaborone

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Lowest ceiling: none

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 13, 2007, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=54888. 791 KB in all.

- Materials Laboratory Factual Report 06-077 Fuel Cap (item 1, .PDF, 791 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40266978&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Materials%20Laboratory%20Factual%20Report%2006-077%20Fuel%20Cap-Master.PDF

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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