# NTSB WPR20WA186: Bell 206, Gauteng, South Africa, June 17, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 17, 2020, 14:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Gauteng, South Africa
- Coordinates: -25.98611, 28.136388 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-25.9861&lon=28.1364&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101457
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101457/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA186

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZT-RHC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- 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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