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| Date: | Monday 1 October 2018 |
| Time: | 11:12 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44-II |
| Owner/operator: | Gold-mining Cooperative Vitim, CJSC |
| Registration: | RA-05758 |
| MSN: | 13551 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2014 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5 km W of Bodaybo, Irkutsk region, Siberia -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed into a river 10 meters from the shore after it hit power lines. Both occupants died in the crash.
Probable Cause:
- flying at an extremely low altitude;
- unreasonable decision of the PIC to carry out the flight using VFR in the absence of appropriate meteorological conditions;
- ignoring the presence of artificial obstacles in the area of flight operations;
- lack of prudence of the PIC when performing the flight;
- lack of marking on the wires of power lines.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
www.themoscowtimes.com
https://www.aviaport.ru/digest/2018/10/01/556665.html
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/r-44-ii-ra-05758-01-10-2018//
http://ria-sibir.ru/viewnews/69706.html
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http://www.rotorspot.nl/product/r44-ii.php
Images:
Photo: MAK
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Oct-2018 12:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Oct-2018 14:16 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 01-Oct-2018 14:30 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 01-Oct-2018 15:12 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Oct-2018 19:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Photo, ] |
| 13-Feb-2019 14:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jun-2019 15:01 | harro | Updated [Time, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 06-Jun-2019 15:03 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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