# NTSB ERA16WA096: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-600, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan, January 27, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 27, 2016
- Place: Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92653/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA096

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 27, 2016, about 1747 local time, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-600N helicopter, Kazakhstan registration UP-MD004, registered to LLP Svinestroy and operated by JSC Aspan, impacted terrain under unknown circumstances after requesting to air traffic control to descend to 500 meters. The pilot and four passengers were fatally injured. The flight departed from Ucharal, and was located 18 kilometers from the intended destination of Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Kazakhstan. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Administration of Kazakhstan Ministry of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan Transport-Tower Bldg 47 Kabanbay Batyr Ave. 010000 Astana Republic of Kazakhstan Fax: 8-7172-754408 This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained by the Government of Kazakhstan.

## Aircraft

- Registration: UP-MD004 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-600 (N)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: RN-012
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: JSC Aspan
- Registered owner: LLP Svinecstroy
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: Ucharal
- Destination: Taldykorgan

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal

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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