ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70584
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| Date: | Saturday 19 December 2009 |
| Time: | 14:58 LT |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-171C (Mi-8-AMT) |
| Owner/operator: | Gazpromavia |
| Registration: | RA-22468 |
| MSN: | ...66433302U |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Vorkuta -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Bovanenkovo Gas Field |
| Vorkuta | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The immediate cause was the crew's loss of spatial orientation as a result of diverting attention from monitoring the flight regime and runway lights during a visual approach in the absence of visual contact with terrain, and guiding lights, leading to entry into a vortex ring state.
Thirteen people were injured.
Sources:
1. https://komiinform.ru/news/61499/
2. https://www.newsru.com/russia/20dec2009/avar.html
3. https://mak-iac.org/russian/investigations/2009/mi-171_ra-22468.html
4. http://barentsobserver.com/en/sections/briefs/gazprom-helicopter-made-emergency-landing
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2009 07:32 | krasatpi | Added |
| 21-Dec-2009 11:02 | krasatpi | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2009 11:11 | krasatpi | Updated |
| 28-May-2010 12:25 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Mar-2011 14:58 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2014 17:45 | Aerossurance | Updated [Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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