# NTSB ANC19WA013: Agusta A119, Ulan-Ude, Russia, December 30, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 30, 2018, 02:30 local (02:30 UTC)
- Place: Ulan-Ude, Russia
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC19WA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC19WA013

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 30, 2018, about 0230 universal time, an Agusta A119 helicopter, RA-01908, impacted terrain under unknown circumstances about 12 miles from Ulan-Ude, Buryatia, Russia. The pilot and three passenger sustained fatal injuries. The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) of Russia is investigating the accident. As the state of manufacture for some of the helicopter avionics, the NTSB has designated a U.S. accredited representative to assist the IAC in its investigation. All inquiries concerning this accident should be directed to the IAC of Russia: Interstate Aviation Committee of Russia 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow, 119017, Russia Website: http:/www.mak.ru

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-01908 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA A119
- Category: Unknown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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