# NTSB WPR18WA115: Robinson R22, Bloemfontein, South Africa, March 19, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 19, 2018, 08:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place: Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Coordinates: -29.033611, 26.157222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-29.0336&lon=26.1572&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR18WA115
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18WA115

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-HAI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R22 (BETA)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 4272
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: FATP, Bloemfontein
- Destination: Bethlehem
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: FATP, New Tempe Airport
- Equipment: Unknown

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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