Accident Mil Mi-8 CCCP-22477,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 143837
 
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Date:Wednesday 26 August 1970
Time:15:12 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic MI8 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Mil Mi-8
Owner/operator:Aeroflot
Registration: CCCP-22477
MSN: 0438
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Salekhard, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug -   Russia
Phase: Take off
Nature:Cargo
Departure airport:Salekhard
Destination airport:Nadym
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
At a height of 70 meters the tail rotor was destroyed. The helicopter went into uncontrollable spin, tail boom fell off. The helicopter fell to the ground and exploded.
The reason - fatigue failure of the joint bolt rear and end beams.

Sources:

http://www.airdisaster.ru/database.php?id=963

Revision history:

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18-Feb-2012 10:38 krasatpi Added

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