- Date
- March 22, 2012, 06:15 local (06:15 UTC)
- Place
- Podnovye, Russia
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- RA-01931Bell 407
- Defining event
- Approach: Collision during takeoff/land
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 83192
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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 22, 2012, about 0615 coordinated universal time, a Bell 407, Russian registration RA-01931, was substantially damaged when it impacted electrical utility wires and the Volga River while on approach to a private landing area near Podnovye, Russia. The pilot was fatally injured. The flight, which had originated from a private landing area near Bunkovo, Russia, at an undetermined time. The accident is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Russia. This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Russia. Additional information may be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel: +7 (495) 953-57-42 Fax: +7(495) 953-57-42
Aircraft
- Registration
- RA-01931
- Reported as
- Bell 407
- Serial number
- 538822
- Engine
- Rolls Royce 250-C47B, 813 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- Private
- Registered owner
- Private
- Departed
- Bunkovo
- Destination
- Podnovye
- Flight plan
- Unknown
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 8, 2012, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 43 KB in all.