# NTSB WPR21WA091: Bell 430, Ladysmith Kwa Zulu Natal Province., South Africa, January 21, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: January 21, 2021, 11:35 local (11:35 UTC)
- Place: Ladysmith Kwa Zulu Natal Province., South Africa
- Coordinates: -28.779806, 29.673694
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-28.7798&lon=29.6737&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102541
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR21WA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102541/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21WA091

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZT-RRT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 430
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Netcare Helicopter
- Registered owner: National Airways Corporation

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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