# NTSB ERA13WA359: Robinson R-44, Davidovo, Russia, August 6, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 6, 2013, 15:06 local (15:06 UTC)
- Place: Davidovo, Russia
- Coordinates: 58.533332, 110.066665 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=58.5333&lon=110.0667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 87721
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA13WA359
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/87721/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87721
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13WA359

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R-44
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: VSP-Leasing
- Departed: Kirensk
- Destination: Davidovo
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 22, 2013, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=87721. 50 KB in all.

- Memorandum for Record (item 1, .PDF, 50 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40399136&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Memorandum%20for%20Record-Master.PDF

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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