ERA13WA359

NTSB accident investigation · Robinson R-44 · Davidovo, Russia · August 6, 2013

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
August 6, 2013, 15:06 local (15:06 UTC)
Place
Davidovo, Russia
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
RA-06302Robinson R-44
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
87721

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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 August 6, 2013, at 1506 coordinated universal time (August 7, 2013, 0006 local time), an emergency locator beacon signal was detected for a Robinson R44, RA-06302, which was subsequently found destroyed on rising terrain about 7 nautical miles southwest of its destination, Davidoro, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The pilot and the passenger were fatally injured. The flight, which originated at Kirensk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, was being conducted under Russian flight regulations. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee. Further information may be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel.: (095) 953-12-44 Fax: (095) 953-35-08 E-mail: mak@mak.ru http://www.mak.ru This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Interstate Aviation Committee.

Aircraft

Registration
RA-06302
Reported as
Robinson R-44
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Registered owner
VSP-Leasing
Departed
Kirensk
Destination
Davidovo
Flight plan
Unknown

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 50 KB in all.