Accident Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil RA-04032 ,
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Date:Thursday 20 November 2014
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic AS50 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil
Owner/operator:NanoStroyInvest
Registration: RA-04032
MSN: 3805
Year of manufacture:2004
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:near the settlement of Mihalchikovo, Kstovsky district, Nizhny Novgoro -   Russia
Phase: En route
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Moscow
Destination airport:Nizhny Novgorod
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
The helicopter took off from the Seliport airfield in Moscow region at 15:00 local time (1200 GMT) with four passengers, including the pilot's spouse and daughter. The pilot reported his descent into Likeevo airport but radio contact was then lost with the aircraft. The crash site was discovered by a rescue team at 20:10 Moscow time.

Cause was LOC-I while operating in night/IMC.

Sources:

http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/1586990_
http://www.forumavia.ru/forum/8/3/492968575318169942561416505883_1.shtml?topiccount=20
http://www.aviafora.com/forums/forum/helicopter-fora/news/98-accidents/page3#post2682
https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2014/as-350b3_ra-04032.html
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/20-noyabrya-as-350b3-ra-04032

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
20-Nov-2014 21:37 gerard57 Added
20-Nov-2014 21:41 harro Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Source]
20-Nov-2014 21:43 harro Updated [Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport]
21-Nov-2014 07:49 HeliNews+ Updated [Source, Narrative]
21-Nov-2014 18:18 Anon. Updated [Registration]
23-Nov-2014 07:45 Hans Gruber Updated [Operator, Source]
29-Dec-2015 19:07 Aerossurance Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
23-Sep-2016 09:57 Aerossurance Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]

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