Accident Mil Mi-172 (Mi-8MTV-3) VT-PHF,
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Date:Friday 6 August 2010
Time:c. 11:08
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-172 (Mi-8MTV-3)
Owner/operator:Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL)
Registration: VT-PHF
MSN: 356C06
Year of manufacture:1996
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 9
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Accident
Location:8 km from Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh -   India
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Namsai
Destination airport:Tezu
Investigating agency: AAIB India
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
Crew member sucked out and fell to his death from 2.000 feet trying to shut the door which opened in flight.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: AAIB India
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

http://himalnews.worldpress.com/2010/08/07/accident-watch-chopper-crew-falls-to-his-death-from-10000-feet/

Investigation report: https://dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/Upload?flag=iframeAttachView&attachId=130613321&mainAccidentReports

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
19 April 2011 VT-PHF Pawan Hans Helicopters (PHHL) 19 Tawang w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-May-2009 12:58 XLerate Added
27-Sep-2010 12:21 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Damage]
14-Apr-2012 08:34 TB Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Plane category, ]
14-Apr-2012 08:36 TB Updated [Aircraft type, Source]
22-Oct-2020 11:43 Abhijit Paul Updated [Registration, Cn, Destination airport]
30-Oct-2020 11:12 Abhijit Paul Updated [Time, Source]
30-Oct-2020 11:25 Abhijit Paul Updated [Time]

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