- Date
- March 10, 2010, 09:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Karelia, Russia
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- RA-04163Robinson R44
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 75472
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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.
Factual narrative
On March 10, 2010, about 0900 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Robinson R-44 helicopter, Russian registration RA-04163, operated by a private individual, was involved in an accident under unknown circumstances near Karelia, Russia. The helicopter departed from Arkhangelsk, with an intended point of landing in Petrozavodsk. The pilot and the sole passenger, both of whom were Russian citizens, were fatally injured. The accident terrain was described as a "rolling plain." This investigation is under jurisdiction of the Government of Russia. For further information contact: Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) IIC – Mr. Viktor Khramtsov 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel: (095) 953-12-22 Fax: (095) 953-35-08, 953-16-00 E-mail: mak@mak.ru This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by, or obtained for release from, the Government of Russia.
Aircraft
- Registration
- RA-04163
- Reported as
- Robinson R44 (UNDESIGNAT)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Dmitry Martynov
- Registered owner
- Dmitry Martynov
- Departed
- Arkhangelsk
- Destination
- Petrozavodsk
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 22, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8 KB in all.