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| Date: | Friday 7 January 2022 |
| Time: | 01:04 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H125 Ecureuil (AS 350B3e) |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | RA-07295 |
| MSN: | 8170 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Karagaikul, Blagoveshchensky district, Bashkortostan -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ufa |
| Pavlovka | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Airbus Helicopters H125 Ecureuil (AS 350B3e) crashed near Karagaikul, Blagoveshchensky district, Bashkortostan and was destroyed.
Two passengers were killed and the pilot sustained serious injuries.
Cause:
The AS 350 B3e RA-07295 helicopter accident occurred due to the loss of spatial orientation of the flight crew after taking off at night from a site not equipped with light-signalling equipment, in meteorological conditions not complying with air traffic control.
The contributing factors, most likely, were:
- The Captain's failure to transition from emergency flight to helicopter piloting using only basic flight instruments after crossing the coastline (loss of visual references) in conditions of no visible horizon.
- The failure to turn off the spotlight after takeoff in night and snowy conditions, resulting in a glare.
- Aggressive piloting not required at this stage of the flight.
The commission does not rule out the accumulation of fatigue and exhaustion in the Captain.
Sources:
http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/ra-1.php
https://t.me/helincidents/3315
https://news24.org.ru/helicopter-hard-lands-in-russias-bashkortostan-leaving-1-person-dead-video/
https://realnoevremya.ru/news/237261-v-bashkirii-vozbudili-ugolovnoe-delo-posle-zhestkoy-posadki-vertoleta
https://aviaforum.ru/threads/katastrofa-vertoleta-as-350b3-ra-07295-v-bashkirii-06-01-2022.49123/
https://mak-iac.org/en/rassledovaniya/as-350-ra-07295-07-01-2022/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/10949_1453813855.jpg (photo)
Location
Media:
A helicopter ? has made a hard landing in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, leaving 1 person dead and two more injured.#Russia ?? pic.twitter.com/wIzhuqTbsk
— ???? (@IcanArgue) January 7, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2022 06:45 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Jan-2022 08:01 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 08:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 08:22 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 13:12 | ctyone | Updated [Total fatalities, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 13:14 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jan-2022 22:40 | Aerossurance | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2022 15:18 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2022 20:09 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jan-2022 20:13 | RobertMB | Updated [Date, ] |
| 10-Jan-2022 20:10 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Aug-2023 19:11 | Hirurg | Updated |
| 03-Aug-2023 19:15 | harro | Updated |
| 12-Nov-2023 10:51 | harro | Updated [Source, ] |
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