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| Date: | Wednesday 8 July 2009 |
| Time: | 11:43 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Smolenskaerotrans |
| Registration: | RA-20413 |
| MSN: | 529911086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lisichino, 35 km from Smolensk -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Smolensk |
| Hill Zhirkovsky | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter crashed on landing.
According to the conclusion of the Commission:
The accident with the Mi-2 RA-20413 helicopter occurred as a result of the tail rotor touching the ground during landing on a site selected from the air, which led to the destruction of the rotor blades, the helicopter toppling over to the starboard side, followed by a fire and complete destruction of the aircraft structure.
A combination of the following factors contributed to the accident:
- performance of the PIC flight as part of the crew, not provided for by the mission;
- the adoption by the PIC of a decision to land on a site selected from the air, in the absence of a second crew member on board responsible for the preliminary ground inspection of the site;
- an attempt by the PIC to land on a site that has a significant slope (more than the acceptable RLE for a given type of helicopter) and is unsuitable for landing by physical characteristics;
- the presence of tailwind from the left with a force of 3 - 5 m / s, complicating the piloting of the helicopter.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://lenta.ru/news/2009/07/08/mi2/
http://www.smolnews.ru/news/39672 (place of crash)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jul-2009 10:47 | krasatpi | Added |
| 23-Jul-2009 12:17 | Michael Roch | Updated |
| 30-Jul-2011 13:18 | krasatpi | Updated [Source, ] |
| 13-Jul-2020 18:32 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 18-Mar-2021 09:22 | Anon. | Updated [Plane category, ] |
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