The list of lost Mi- 8s of all modifications (including Mi-9, -14 , -17, -18 , -19, -171 and -172) is compiled from open sources and takes into account only aviation accidents or external forces that led to the loss helicopter or its cancellation due to damage.
The list is not complete and not final.
List of Accidents and Disasters
The green highlighted losses when used in armed conflicts , including in counter-terrorism operations .
| No. p / p | date of | Modification / Board number | A place | Victims / Aboard | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | (?) | n.d. n.d. | n.d. | n / a | Helicopter Air Force DRA . Details are absent [1] . |
| 2 | (?) | n.d. n.d. | n.d. | n / a | Helicopter Air Force DRA . Details are absent [1] . |
| 3 | (?) | n.d. n.d. | n.d. | n / a | Helicopter Air Force DRA . Details are absent [1] . |
| four | Jan 10 | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | n / a | Helicopter 205th ove . Details are absent [1] . |
| 5 | Jan 14 | Mi-8MT n.d. | in the area of ββthe Surubi reservoir | 3/6 | Helicopter 239th ove . The crew of captain Tsupko carried out a flight on the route Ghazni β Jalalabad at an unsafe altitude and in the vicinity of the Surubi reservoir was shot down by a MANPADS missile. Killed three passengers who were unable to leave the helicopter with parachutes [1] . |
| 6 | Jan 20 | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | 3 / n.d. | Helicopter 205th ove , crew of Major Kobzar. Killed 3 passengers [1] . |
| 7 | March 4th | Mi-8MT n.d. | near Bagram | 3/3 | In the evening, a pair of helicopters of the 262nd OVE, under cover of two Mi-24s, flew out in search of the crew of the downed Su-22 UM Air Force DRA . In the gathering dusk, the Mi-8 crews collided, as a result of the disaster, all those on board died [1] . |
| 8 | March 4th | Mi-8MT n.d. | near Bagram | 3/3 | |
| 9 | Apr 15 | Mi-8MT n.d. | 35 km northeast of Kabul | 3/3 | Helicopter 262nd ove . It was shot down from MANPADS during descent, the crew was killed consisting of commander Captain S. Klimenko, navigator pilot Lieutenant Y. Subbotin and flight technician Lieutenant R. Erkhanov [1] . |
| 10 | Apr 21 | Mi-8MT n.d. | 120 km north of Kandahar | 13/14 | During Operation Yug-87 , a pair of helicopters of the 280th Air Force carried out a landing in the combat area. On helicopters flying at low altitude, a disguised DShK opened fire. The leader began the evasion maneuver and at that moment the slave's car collided with him. As a result of the crash in the hostβs helicopter, commander Major O. Kharchevnikov, the flight engineer of Art. Lieutenant V. Shevchenko and 11 paratroopers, navigator pilot S. Nikolaenko survived. The commander of Art. Lieutenant V. Zakharov, flight engineer Lieutenant A. Nevmyvak and 5 paratroopers, escaped the pilot-navigator V. Kokhnovich and three paratroopers [1] . |
| eleven | Apr 21 | Mi-8MT 55 | 120 km north of Kandahar | 7/11 | |
| 12 | May 7th | Mi-8MT 67 | Lashkargah | 14/14 | Helicopter of the 280th APS . The crew was tasked with transporting 11 retiring military personnel. Immediately after takeoff, the helicopter exploded, all those on board died. The cause of the explosion remained unclear [1] . |
| 13 | May 10 | Mi-17 304 | Hinotega Department, 9 km from San Jose de Bocay | 4/4 | Nicaraguan Air Force Helicopter Contras missile from MANPADS Strela-2M , previously captured from the Sandinista arsenal [2] . |
| fourteen | 26 of May | Mi-8MT 46 | near Kandahar | 0/4 | Helicopter of the 280th APS . Upon delivery of the wounded to the hospital, the helicopter was hit by fire from the ground. After an emergency landing, the crew and the wounded were evacuated in a slave machine, a damaged helicopter burned down [1] . |
| fifteen | June 1st | Mi-8MT 51 | 63 km west of Kandahar | 0/3 | Helicopter of the 280th APS . When performing search and rescue operations, deviated from the designated route and was shot down from MANPADS . The helicopter burned down after an emergency landing, the crew was evacuated [1] . |
| 16 | June 3rd | Mi-8MT n.d. | near Kabul airport | 0/5 | During the climb, the 50th Osap helicopter left the protected area and was hit by a MANPADS missile, the crew and two passengers successfully left the car and landed under parachutes. Selected by the slave crew [1] . |
| 17 | June 4th | Mi-8T USSR-22666 | Krasnoyarsk Territory , 40 km from Vanavara | 0/3 | The crew made a mistake during the landing. The helicopter hooked the tractor sleigh with its tail boom, capsized on the starboard side and burned down. The crew received burns [3] . |
| eighteen | June 5th | Mi-8MT 44 | 22 km north of Kandahar | 4 / n.d. | Helicopter of the 280th APS . The crew performed a night flight to select the wounded from one of the guard posts. When approaching the vehicle, the enemy opened fire. Trying to evade the fire, the helicopter hooked the ground and crashed, killing 2 crew members (captain R. Boryshnev and flight engineer Lieutenant I. Kramarenko) and 2 passengers [1] . |
| 19 | 12 June | Mi-17 287 | Hinotega Department | 15/15 | Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter shot down by a contra rocket from a FIM-43 Redeye MANPADS [2] . |
| twenty | 12 June | Mi-8 n.d. | Balkh Province | 14/14 | A helicopter of the 377th airborne mission of the DRA Air Force carried out a cargo-passenger flight and was shot down over the province of Balkh. All aboard, including two women with children, died [1] . |
| 21 | 21st of June | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | 0/3 | Helicopters of the 50th Osap made a transport flight to a highland post. During the flight of the mountain range at an altitude of 3800 m, the helicopter of Captain Yu. Evdokimov was shot down by fire from the PGI , from which everyone managed to safely evacuate. The slave turned around and went to the selection of the downed crew, but was himself hit by the Stinger MANPADS missile , had to use parachutes. Commander captain T. Mugtasimov, navigator pilot Lieutenant V. Aleksyutin and flight engineer Lieutenant V. Skachkov landed on the side of the mountain and immediately entered into battle with the Dushmans. Under the onslaught of a numerically superior enemy, the pilots began to retreat to the top of the mountain when a pair of search and rescue service helicopters came to an end. According to one of them, they also launched a Stinger MANPADS missile, from which he, having maneuvered, avoided and made the selection of Mugtasimov and Skachkov. And Aleksyutin died in battle with the Dushmans, covering up the withdrawal of his comrades [1] . |
| 22 | 21st of June | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | 1/3 | |
| 23 | 30 June | Mi-8MT 31 | n.d. | 1 / n.d. | Helicopter of the 280th APS . Struck by a Stinger MANPADS missile [1] . |
| 24 | Aug 11 | Mi-8MT 26 | near Kabul | 2/4 | Helicopter 262nd ove . When delivering goods to a high mountain post, the helicopter, during landing, came under fire, fell over from the landing site and caught fire. Helicopter commander Captain A. Matveev and flight engineer A. Kislenok got burns, but managed to leave the car before the explosion, the navigator pilot Lieutenant S.I. Khrobor died. The only passenger escaped without being injured. The flight technician from the burns died in the hospital two days later [1] . |
| 25 | Aug 27 | Mi-17 n.d. | 180 km from Managua | 6 / n.d. | Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter was hit in the left engine with a missile from FIM-43 Redeye MANPADS. The crew managed to almost reach the corn field, but the machine touched the trees with rotor blades and fell to the ground. Before the explosion, 12 military personnel and crew managed to evacuate from the helicopter. Six soldiers died [2] . |
| 26 | Aug 28 | Mi-8MT n.d. | Gazni | n / a | Helicopter 239th ove . Destroyed in the parking lot by a direct hit by a rocket [1] . |
| 27 | Aug 30 | Mi-8MTYA 94 | near Kandahar | 0/3 | 50th Osap Radio Intelligence Helicopter. It was shot down from MANPADS at night on a train , the crew left the parachute. This is the first case of a helicopter loss at altitude in the dark - until this moment such flights were considered safe [4] . |
| 28 | 5 sept. | Mi-8MT n.d. | 70 km east of Kunduz | 0/3 | Helicopter of the 181st Air Force . When approaching, the crew lost orientation in the dust raised by the helicopter, the car capsized and burned down. The crew was evacuated [4] . |
| 29th | 15 Sep | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | 8/15 | Helicopter of the 50th Osap . When approaching for landing, the helicopter touched the rock and crashed. The pilot navigator died. Lieutenant P. Efimov and 7 paratroopers [4] . |
| thirty | 18 sept | Mi-8MT n.d. | n.d. | n / a | Helicopter of the 302nd ove , crew of captain N. Gront. Details are absent [4] . |
| 31 | Oct 11 | Mi-17 n.d. | Chontales Department, near Villa Sandino | 2/4 | Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter shot down by a contra rocket from a FIM-43 Redeye MANPADS [2] . |
| 32 | Oct 20 | Mi-8 n.d. | n.d. | 1 / n.d. | Border troops helicopter, operation " Darband ". The crew was on a mission to deliver ammunition. During take-off from one of the sites, an alarm was triggered warning of a gear failure. The crew ignored the signal (previously there were cases of false positives) and continued to take off. At the 20th minute of the flight, the drive gear of the gearbox was destroyed, strong shaking began and the car began to decline sharply. The crew made an emergency landing, when touching the ground the helicopter caught on the crest of the dune , made several revolutions in a horizontal plane around its axis and collapsed. At the same time, the flight technician, Lieutenant Colonel V. Kireev, deputy regiment commander for engineering and aviation services, who died from hospital wounds in a hospital [5], received a fatal head injury. |
| 33 | Oct 29 | Mi-8 n.d. | Nueva Segovia Department, near Murra | 8/8 | Nicaraguan Air Force helicopter collides with the ground, details are missing [2] . |
| 34 | Nov 27 | Mi-8MT n.d. | near asadabad | 8/9 | Helicopter of the 335th Obvp . The crew performed the task of delivering personnel, ammunition and food to the military guard posts under the cover of a pair of Mi-24 . At an altitude of about 100 m, the helicopter was hit by two Stinger MANPADS missiles, then it caught fire and began to lose altitude. Only the pilot-navigator who managed to jump out of the falling car by parachute managed to escape. All the rest - commander Captain N. Markov, flight engineer Captain A. Gurtov and 6 reconnaissance fighters were killed [4] . |
| 35 | Dec 8 | Mi-8 n.d. | near Meimene | 0 / n.d. | Border troops helicopter, operation " Darband ". During the landing, when hovering over the site at an altitude of about 2 meters at close range, he was shot at by a burst from the DShK . The tail boom with tail rotor was damaged near the helicopter. The car capsized to the port side and crawled along the side of the mountain by 20-30 meters. The crew and paratroopers received bruises of mild to moderate severity. After the destruction of the enemy firing point, the crew was evacuated from behind by going helicopters of the landing group [6] . |
| 36 | Dec 8 | Mi-8T n.d. | near Ghazni | 0/3 | A pair of helicopters of the 239th ove, under the cover of two Mi-24s, flew to select a group of special forces . During the passage of the gorge, the leader was fired from MANPADS and, struck by a rocket into the tail boom, made an emergency landing. The slaveβs crew picked up the crew of the downed car and special forces, but on takeoff it was hit, fell to the ground and collapsed on its side. After that, both crews with special forces, having taken up a circular defense , held on until a large support group flew behind them, evacuating everyone [4] . |
| 37 | Dec 8 | Mi-8T n.d. | near Ghazni | 0/3 | |
| 38 | Dec 23 | Mi-8MTYA 93 | 15 km southeast of Gardez | 1/3 | 50th Osap Radio Intelligence Helicopter. When performing a reconnaissance flight at an altitude of 3200 m, the Stinger MANPADS was hit by a missile. The crew left the board in parachutes, while the flight engineer of Art. Lieutenant V. Golovko, who fell under the rotor blades [4] . |
Notes
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Air Force losses in Afghanistan. Losses of 1987 . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment July 15, 2014.
- β 1 2 3 4 5 Losses of the Sandinista Air Force . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment March 17, 2015.
- β Mi-8T accident in Krasnoyarsk UGA near Vanavara . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment July 16, 2014.
- β 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Air Force losses in Afghanistan. Losses of 1987 . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment July 16, 2014.
- β V.S. Novikov. Wings of the border. - M .: Border, 2008 .-- 1500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-98759-035-5 .
- β I. M. Chuprov and V. S. Novikov. The participation of aviation of the border troops in the Afghan events. Chapter 4 (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 5, 2014. Archived February 22, 2014.