ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 170398
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| Date: | Friday 10 October 2014 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Tuva Airlines |
| Registration: | RA-24614 |
| MSN: | 82-41 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1981 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 220 km east of Kyzyl, Siberia -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Sorug |
| Kyzyl Airport, UNKY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Tuva Airlines Mil Mi-8 helicopter is missing with 12 persons on board: three crew members, seven passengers and two technicians.
Heavy snowfall makes the search in the rugged terrain almost impossible.
Aerial search was abandoned at 14 November, but a ground search continued.
The wreckage of the helicopter was found on Friday 7 August 2015.
The Investigation team of the Interstate Aviation Committee has completed the investigation of the accident with Mi-8T RA-24614 helicopter owned by "TyvaAvia Airlines" of aerospace industry occurred in the Republic of Tyva on October 10, 2014.
The accident with Mi-8T RA-24614 helicopter was caused by the crew visual orientation and its real position loss in conditions not corresponding with VFR operations, at unauthorized low altitude that resulted in controlled flight into mountain ridge.
The PIC didn't take timely decision to interrupt flight under the en-route meteorological conditions.
The appropriate safety recommendations based on the investigation results were developed.
Sources:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/mi-8-helicopter-with-at-least-7-on-board-goes-missing/508926.html
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/euruope/2014-10/10/c_133705528.htm
http://english.sina.com/2014/1010/744346.html
http://tass.com/russia/755216
http://17.mchs.gov.ru/news/detail.php?news=26073&dn=1416430800
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/10-oktyabrya-mi-8t-ra-24614
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Oct-2014 11:28 | gerard57 | Added |
| 10-Oct-2014 13:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2014 13:45 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2014 13:46 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Oct-2014 10:00 | Chieftain | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 13-Oct-2014 23:05 | AC | Updated [Registration] |
| 14-Oct-2014 11:33 | El_serj | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 22-Oct-2014 18:17 | Chieftain | Updated [Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Nov-2014 07:11 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Dec-2014 09:17 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2015 11:56 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Damage, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2015 19:09 | Aerossurance | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Jul-2019 00:02 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
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