ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209108
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 April 2018 |
| Time: | 11:18 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8PS-9 |
| Owner/operator: | Vostok Aviation Company, JSC |
| Registration: | RA-24640 |
| MSN: | 8635 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1986 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | in 3 km west of Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH) -
 Russia
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH) |
| Khabarovsk-Novy Airport (KHV/UHHH) | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The helicopter, engaged in a local training flight, hit a 150m TV antenna mast and crashed in reported reduced visibility and a 150m overcast ceiling. All six occupants died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed by fire.
The accident was caused by the crew’s failure timely decision on the transition to flight by the IFR in the deterioration of weather conditions and safe flight altitude to avoid collisions with obstacles
Conclusion
The cause of the accident was a collision between the Mi-8P helicopter RA-24640 and the ShVRS (radio) tower at an altitude of 150 m while landing approach in poor visibility due to heavy precipitation in the form of rain and snow, which led to destruction of the aircraft structure and its collapse
The accident resulted from the crew's failure to make a timely decision to switch to an IMC flight when the weather conditions deteriorated and to gain a safe flight altitude in order to avoid collision with artificial obstacles at the landing site.
The aircraft's collision with the HFRS tower was facilitated by the crew's failure to use the GPWS capabilities when flying at IMC.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.newsru.com/russia/11apr2018/vert.html
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/mi-8ps-9-ra-24640-11-04-2018/
https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/f37/report_ra-24640.pdf
http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?af=38951&bt=134&view=details
http://tass.ru/proisshestviya/5112612?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share&utm_content=18543155
Final Report: https://mak-iac.org/upload/iblock/354/report_ra-24640.pdf
Images:
Photo: MAK
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2018 05:21 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Apr-2018 06:07 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source] |
| 11-Apr-2018 09:26 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 11-Apr-2018 11:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Apr-2018 11:05 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Apr-2018 12:44 | Aerossurance | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2018 17:01 | Hans Gruber | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Apr-2018 17:02 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Oct-2018 19:32 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
| 21-Apr-2019 23:17 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jun-2022 12:27 | Hirurg | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source] |
| 26-Jun-2022 12:34 | harro | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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