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 | Jan 5 | Mi-8MTV n.d. | Chechnya , the region of the Kagalinsk dam | 4/4 | Helicopter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia . Upon exiting the attack, the ground target was shot down by an RPG shot, exploded and, having fallen to the ground, burned down. The crew died [1] . |
| 2 | Feb 22 | Mi-8T RA-22773 | Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District , near Cape Kamenny | 0/4 | When approaching "on instruments" in adverse weather conditions (low cloudiness), the crew allowed a helicopter to fall on the ice of the Gulf of Ob , the car was completely destroyed. The accident occurred due to a combination of numerous violations of both the crew and the Air Traffic Control of Mys-Kamenny Airport [2] . |
| 3 | March 18 | Mi-8T RA-24513 | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug , Anadyr | 0/3 | During take-off due to the ingress of ice into the engines, they turned off. During an emergency landing, the car received significant damage [3] . |
| four | Apr 4 | Mi-8T EK-22620 | Kafan | 0/21 | After takeoff at an altitude of 5 m, the helicopter began to turn smoothly to the left with gradual acceleration and rearward displacement. The car did not respond to the anticipatory actions of the crew and continued to move back and to the left. At a distance of 95 m at the heading and to the left of 32 m from the take-off place, the helicopter collided with airfield structures and received significant damage. One of the passengers is injured [4] . |
| 5 | May 4th | Mi-8T RA-25216 | Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug , near Megion | 0/17 | Shortly after takeoff, the helicopter fell into icing conditions, the ice fell into the engines, which caused them to stop in succession. The crew made an emergency landing in autorotation mode from a height of 140 m. The car landed in a marshland and capsized, the crew and passengers received minor injuries [5] . |
| 6 | June 11 | Mi-8MT n.d. | Chechnya , 6 km northeast of the village of Shatoy | 3/3 | Helicopter of the 325th APS . When landing, he was struck by fire from the ground, fell on the side of the gorge and burned. All those on board died [1] . |
| 7 | Aug 1 | Mi-8 UR-24609 | Poltava region , near Kremenchug | 1/6 | The crew and cadets of the Kremenchug Flight College performed a training flight. During the inspection of the landing site for landing with selection at an altitude of 40-50 m and at a speed of 60 km / h, at the moment of leaving for the second circle, a surge of the left engine occurred. The helicopter roughly landed, capsized and completely burned down. Those on board received burns of varying degrees, one cadet died from the burns [6] . |
| 8 | Aug 8 | Mi-171 RA-32894 | Republic of Buryatia , near Kamensk | 1/3 | The helicopter crew performed a transport flight. Immediately after takeoff, gaining a height of about 40 m, the car went into decline and collided with the ground. Killed on-board technician. 2 crew members, as well as people on the ground injured. The cause of the crash is the pilot’s mistake [7] . |
| 9 | Aug 16 | Mi-8T RA-25331 | Irkutsk region , Kirensk | 0/14 | Due to low-quality fuel, the engines turned off one and a half minutes after take-off. During the emergency landing, the car received significant damage, the crew and passengers were not injured [8] . |
| 10 | Aug 25 | Mi-8T RA-24424 | Irkutsk Region , Ust-Ilimsky District , the upper reaches of the Yodarma River | 0/17 | On take-off, it fell into a wind shear and fell into a wetland. The car received significant damage, the crew and passengers were not injured [9] . |
| eleven | Sep 24 | Mi-8T RA-24553 | Taimyr Autonomous Okrug , Sterligovo | 15/15 | Crew Error. When approaching an unlit site under adverse weather conditions, the helicopter collided with the sea surface 15 m from the coastline and sank at a depth of 6 m [10] . |
| 12 | Sep 27 | Mi-8MT n.d. | Chechnya , Khankala | 1 / n.d. | When landing, struck by fire from the ground. The bullets killed the tail rotor cable management, after which the machine went into uncontrolled rotation, fell to the ground and caught fire. Almost everyone on board managed to get out, but Ensign S. A. Stelmakh received fatal burns during the evacuation of the wounded [1] . |
| 13 | Oct 4 | Mi-8MTV-1 EX-25179 | Barskaun gorge, near Tamga | 15/15 | The crew performed a flight in the mountains in difficult weather conditions. Due to deviation from the flight route, the helicopter collided with a mountainside, collapsed and burned down. Killed 3 crew members and 12 passengers (9 Canadian citizens, 2 British citizens, 1 Turkish citizen) [11] . |
| fourteen | Oct 8 | Mi-8T UN-24153 | near Alma-Ata | 1/18 | The crew performed a sightseeing flight with tourists (7 of them - citizens of Germany ). When trying to perform an unplanned mission landing in a mountainous area at an altitude of about 3,300 m, the helicopter collided with the tail rotor blades with a mountain slope, was destroyed and burned down. PIC died, the remaining crew members and passengers received injuries of varying severity [12] . |
| fifteen | Dec 3 | Mi-8AMT RA-25518 | near Port Moresby | 0/3 | A helicopter was operated illegally in Papua New Guinea without the permission of the Russian air transport control; crew members did not have access to flights on this type of aircraft . When approaching under adverse weather conditions, he landed roughly on the landing site, capsized on the starboard side and collapsed. The flight mechanic was seriously injured. The circumstances of the accident remained unclear [13] . |
| 16 | Dec 9 | Mi-8 RA-24293 | Taimyr Autonomous Okrug , Volochanka | 2/24 | During take-off at night, the crew lost spatial orientation in the conditions of a helicopter raised by a propeller of a snow vortex. The machine began an uncontrolled movement away from the helipad, touched the fuel and lubricant tank with the rotor blades and fell to the ground. Two passengers were killed, 11 passengers and 2 crew members were injured of varying severity [14] . |
| 17 | Dec 17 | Mi-8T RA-24276 | Karelia , Lake Ladoga | 2/3 | During the flight under adverse weather conditions, the crew allowed a helicopter to fall on the ice of Lake Ladoga. After breaking the ice, the helicopter sank at a depth of 30 m 100 m from the coast. KBC and the flight engineer died. The co-pilot left board at the time of his dive [15] . |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Page of Memory 1994-1996 . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ The accident of Mi-8 of the Nadym OJSC in the area of the Cape Kamenny airport . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Mi-8 accident of Anadyr OJSC in the area of Anadyr airport . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Incidents in Karabakh . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Mi-8 crash of the Nizhnevartovsk airline in the Megion area . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ The crash of Mi-8 of the Kremenchug Flight College near Kremenchug . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ The crash of Mi-171 of the Ulan-Ude aircraft factory near the village. Kamensk . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Accident Mi-8T of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation near the airport Kirensk . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Mi-8 accident of the Bratsk aviation enterprise in the region of Ust-Ilimsk . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment July 29, 2014.
- ↑ The crash of Mi-8T of the Dikson aviation enterprise in Taimyr . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Disaster Mi-8 MTV-1 a / c Kyrgyzstan near the lake Issyk-Kul . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Crash of Mi-8 a / c Burundai-Avia near Almaty . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ The accident of Mi-8AMT a / c IKAR in Papua New Guinea . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ The crash of Mi-8 of the Norilsk airport in Taimyr . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.
- ↑ Mi-8 crash of Petrozavodsk airport on Lake Ladoga . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment March 4, 2016.