# NTSB ERA16WA327: Agusta Bell AB206-B3, Yartsevo, Russia, September 24, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 24, 2016
- Place: Yartsevo, Russia
- 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: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94075
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA16WA327
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94075/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16WA327

## 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 September 24, 2016, at an unknown time, an Agusta-Bell AB206-B3 helicopter, Russian registration RA-01630, was substantially damaged when it crashed under unknown circumstances near Yartsevo, Russia. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured.The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Russian Government. Any further information pertaining to the accident can be obtained from: Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str., Moscow, Russia Tel.: (495) 953-12-44 Interstate Aviation Committee 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Tel.: (7) 495 953-5251 Fax: (7) 495-953-1145 E-mail: mak@mak.ru http://www.mak.ru This report is for informational purposes and only contains information released by the Russian Government.

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-01630 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AGUSTA BELL AB206-B3
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown

## Weather



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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