# NTSB ERA17WA283: Robinson R66, Maly Utrish, Russia, August 21, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 21, 2017, 18:32 local (18:32 UTC)
- Place: Maly Utrish, Russia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: MAK
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95857
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA17WA283
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95857/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17WA283

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: 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 July 21, 2017, about 1832 coordinated universal time, a Robinson R66 helicopter, Russian registration RA-05750, was substantially damaged when it impacted mountainous terrain near Maly Utrish township, while on a night flight from Anapa, Russia, to Abrau-Dyurso, Russia. The pilot was fatally injured.This accident investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee of Russia. Further information can 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 information purposes and contains only information released by the government of Russia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: RA-05750 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ROBINSON R66
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Backwood Shipping LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: URKA, Anapa
- Destination: Abrau-Dyurso
- Flight plan: Unknown

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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