ERA16WA163

NTSB accident investigation · Robinson R66 · Bely Island, Russia · April 18, 2016

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
April 18, 2016, 17:06 local (17:06 UTC)
Place
Bely Island, Russia
Injuries
3 fatal
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
RA-06233Robinson R66
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Lead agency
Other
Case key
93029

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
RA-06233
Reported as
Robinson R66
Category
Helicopter
Damage
Substantial damage
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Optholod CJSC
Registered owner
Optholod CJSC
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Departed
Amderma
Destination
Bely Island
Flight plan
Unknown
Equipment
Unknown

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