- Date
- December 5, 2019, 07:45 local (07:45 UTC)
- Place
- Eschowe, South Africa
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- ZS-RRSRobinson R44
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100669
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Low altitude operation/eventAll aircraft: 780 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of South Africa has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a ROBINSON R44 helicopter that occurred on December 5, 2019. 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.All investigative information will be released by the government of South Africa.
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZS-RRS
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial