ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233319
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| Date: | Friday 28 February 2020 |
| Time: | 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Robinson R44 Raven I |
| Owner/operator: | Aerosoyuz Volgograd |
| Registration: | RA-04246 |
| MSN: | 1851 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lineynoye township, Narimanovsky district, Astrakhan oblast -
 Russia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | MAK |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Robinson R44 Raven I helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances. The pilot was killed.
Cause:
Most likely, the accident with the R-44 RA-04246 helicopter occurred due to the loss of control of the helicopter during a flight at night, over an orientationless terrain. It was not possible to unambiguously determine the cause of the loss of control.
Possible reasons could be: loss of spatial orientation by the pilot in flight conditions for which he was not prepared, or partial or complete loss of performance in flight caused by cardiovascular pathologies, or a combination of these reasons.
The most likely contributing factors were:
- unjustified adoption by the pilot of the decision to take off in conditions for which he was not prepared;
- a pilot performing a flight in a state of fatigue caused by insufficient rest before flights and significant workload (physical and psycho-emotional) on the day of the accident;
- non-identification of the existing pathologies during the passage of VLEK.
Deficiencies identified during the investigation:
- operation of a helicopter with an expired airworthiness certificate;
- the flight was performed without notifying the ATM authorities about the use of airspace.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://mak-iac.org/rassledovaniya/r-44-ra-04246-28-02-2020/
https://30.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/press-centr/novosti/4093277
https://www.ruaviation.com/news/2020/2/29/14764/print/
https://sputniknews.com/russia/202002281078432562-helicopter-crashes-in-southern-russia---emergency-services/
https://tass.com/emergencies/1125055
MAK
https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/1/3/8/4883831.jpg?v=v4e08d4c604b (photo)
Location
Images:
Photo: Ministry of Emergencies
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Feb-2020 18:18 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Feb-2020 18:57 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 28-Feb-2020 19:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 29-Feb-2020 02:47 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Feb-2020 15:00 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 02-Mar-2020 13:10 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Embed code, Photo] |
| 02-Mar-2020 17:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Mar-2020 07:51 | Hans | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Aug-2020 13:36 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 30-Aug-2020 13:40 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Accident report, ] |
| 12-Nov-2023 11:04 | harro | Updated [[Embed code, Accident report, ]] |
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