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| Date: | Saturday 14 May 2016 |
| Time: | 09:20 LT |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS 350B3e Écureuil |
| Owner/operator: | Heliport Moscow |
| Registration: | RA-07259 |
| MSN: | 7821 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sukhodolskoye Lake, Leningrad region, Priozersk district -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | A camp near Losevo |
| Karymshina | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The aircraft clipped some electric power lines and crashed in a lake, 20 meters from the shore, in 8 meter deep water. The both occupants died.
The accident involving the AS-350B3 RA-07259 helicopter was caused by a collision with a power line while flying at an extremely low altitude.
The contributing factors were most likely:
- unsatisfactory knowledge of the PIC about artificial obstacles in the flight area;
- insufficient caution of the PIC during flight;
- lack of markings and low visibility of power lines against the background of the lake surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/eurocopter-as-350-ra-07259-14-05-2016
http://szsut.sledcom.ru/news/item/1039076/
http://47.mchs.gov.ru/pressroom/news/item/3679908/
https://yadi.sk/d/Wwz5c8eDrhv33
https://m.planespotters.net/photo/573243/ra-07259-heliport-moscow-eurocopter-as-350b-3-ecureuil
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