ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 31158
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| Date: | Thursday 15 August 1996 |
| Time: | 10:48 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8S |
| Owner/operator: | Hummingbird Island Helicopters |
| Registration: | LZ-CAC |
| MSN: | 10308 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Malé -
 Maldives
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Malé |
| Guraidhoo | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
During takeoff at a height of 50 meters there was a refusal of main hydraulic system.
b) Cause(s)
Based on the findings the helicopter crashed owing to loss of hydraulic pressure due to not selecting primary before take-off and the inadvertent switching off of the secondary in flight.
Sources:
1. https://russianplanes.net/REGINFO/13989
2. http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?view=default
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20060719231635/http://www.aviainfo.gov.mv/REPORTS/ACC-%20CAC.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jan-2011 14:13 | krasatpi | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2011 14:16 | krasatpi | Updated [Country] |
| 05-Mar-2011 11:38 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2020 18:04 | KagurazakaHanayo | Updated [Time, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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