Wirestrike Accident Mil Mi-2 RA-20977, Tuesday 21 May 2013
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Date:Tuesday 21 May 2013
Time:12:04 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI2 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-2
Owner/operator:Transkhimavia
Registration: RA-20977
MSN: 539650036
Year of manufacture:1986
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Between the settlements of Ilsky and Seversky, Krasnodar Territory -   Russia
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:IATA: KRR, ICAO: URKK
Destination airport:IATA: KRR, ICAO: URKK
Investigating agency: MAK
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
Struck power lines following the third pass over a field during an aerial application flight.
The pilot made a hard landing in a field and the helicopter rolled over. There was no fire.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: MAK
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/mi-2-ra-20977-21-05-2013/
http://vestnikkavkaza.net/news/society/40530.html
http://23.mchs.gov.ru/news/detail.php?news=17095 (MCHS Krasnodar region)
http://www.privmtu.ru/safety_flights/info/pd_RA-20977.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-May-2013 09:07 gerard57 Added
21-May-2013 10:57 Hans Gruber Updated [Source, ]
21-May-2013 23:50 Hirurg Updated [Registration, ]
26-May-2013 07:16 RobertMB Updated [Time, Cn, Narrative, ]
03-Jun-2013 18:40 harro Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ]
17-Apr-2021 17:07 harro Updated [Source, ]
14-Oct-2022 13:33 Hans Gruber Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ]
14-Oct-2022 13:33 harro Updated [Accident report, ]

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