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| Date: | Monday 14 March 2016 |
| Time: | 14:50 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R66 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | RA-05796 |
| MSN: | 0537 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RR300 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Chemal, Altai Republic -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Hard landing on a river bank after a wirestrike.
Cause:
The accident with R-66 RA-05796 helicopter was caused by insufficient crew surveillance performing practice landing at limited-size platform that resulted in rotorcraft collision with communication cable.
Contributing factors were:
- lack of maneuvering procedure in «Crew operating procedures of R-66 helicopter» guideline owned by "Aerocity" Airlines" non-profit partnership during selection and examination of landing place;
- insufficient preflight training and decision to perform practice landing in the area with high concentration of power lines and communication links;
- lack of cable marking and its low visibility at underlying surface background.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.gorno-altaisk.info/news/50832
https://mak-iac.org/en/rassledovaniya/robinson-r-66-ra-05796-14-03-2016
http://sibfana.ru/files/Sertifikat_2015(1).pdf
http://zapsib-sut.sledcom.ru/news/item/1022578/
http://04.mchs.gov.ru/pressroom/news/item/3502956/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2016 07:12 | dens69 | Added |
| 15-Mar-2016 11:34 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Mar-2016 11:48 | rotorspot | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
| 22-Sep-2016 09:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Nature, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 18:35 | harro | Updated [Time, Phase, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 18:35 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 18:36 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jan-2020 18:36 | harro | Updated [Operator, Source, Accident report, ] |
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