Incident Mil Mi-8T RA-22723,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31014
 
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Date:Tuesday 6 January 1998
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-8T
Owner/operator:Sakha Avia
Registration: RA-22723
MSN: 98308639
Year of manufacture:1983
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Betenkes, Yakutia -   Russia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Ambulance
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed into a tree on the last of several approach attempts in snow and fog on a medevac flight. Snow blown up by rotors obscured pilot's vision.

Sources:

http://law7.ru/base72/part3/d72ru3277.htm
https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Sep-2008 01:00 ASN archive Added
03-Dec-2009 23:44 krasatpi Updated
31-Dec-2010 09:22 krasatpi Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative]
07-Oct-2018 13:48 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source]

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