- Date
- February 28, 2020, 16:13 local (16:13 UTC)
- Place
- Astrakhan, Russia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- RA-04246Robinson R44
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101060
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Russia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a ROBINSON R44 helicopter that occurred on February 28, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Russia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Russia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- RA-04246
- Reported as
- Robinson R44
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- Astrakhan
- Destination
- Volgograd
- Equipment
- Unknown