# NTSB WPR20WA329: Robinson R44, Rooibok-Kraal, South Africa, September 19, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 19, 2020, 06:35 local (06:35 UTC)
- Place: Rooibok-Kraal, South Africa
- Coordinates: -24.453614, 27.944042 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-24.4536&lon=27.9440&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR20WA329
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20WA329

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 780 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/220/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-RKZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R44 (II)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 1136
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: West Dunes Aviation
- Registered owner: West Dunes Aviation

## Weather



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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