The list of lost Mi- 8s of all modifications (including Mi-9, -14 , -17, -18 , -19, -171 and -172) was compiled from data from open sources [1] and takes into account only accidents or external forces, leading to the loss of the 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 | Modification / Board number | A place | Victims / On board | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | Apr 20 | Mi-8P UP-MI855 | 25 km from Atyrau | 0/6 | When performing a training flight, the crew went to an emergency landing . Due to a rough landing, the car received significant damage, two crew members were injured. The causes of the incident are being investigated [2] . |
| 2 | Apr 24 | Mi-8MT RF-95392 | Khabarovsk Territory , 2 km north of the village of Druzhba | 0/3 | A Russian Air Force helicopter performing a training flight made a rough landing on a highway near Khabarovsk , while the car received significant damage. Crew members were slightly injured. The causes of the incident are being investigated [3] . |
| 3 | June 13 | Mi-17-1V EJC-3381 | Department of Antioquia , Municipality of Karepa | 1/5 | The Colombian Air Force helicopter performed the flight after scheduled maintenance. After taking off during a control hover at an altitude of about 10 m, the car suddenly fell to the landing site and, having collapsed, burned down. The crew commander died, the remaining crew members received minor injuries. The causes of the incident are being investigated [4] . |
| four | June 26 | Mi-8T n.d. | 5 km south of Idlib | 0 / n.d. | Syrian Air Force helicopter escorted an army convoy. Due to a drop in the power of one of the engines, the crew made an emergency landing , after which the helicopter was burned by the crew to prevent the capture by illegal armed groups active in the area. Among the possible reasons for an emergency landing is the failure of equipment or the defeat of small arms from fire from the ground [5] . |
| five | July 23 | Mi-8T RA-22966 | Tomsk region , Parabel district , the village of Luginetsky | 0/22 | During the approach, the crew made a mistake in the piloting technique, as a result of which the vertical descent speed increased and the car landed roughly 90 m from the landing site. The helicopter suffered significant damage, three passengers received serious injuries [6] . |
| 6 | Aug 27 | Mi-17 n.d. | suburb of Damascus , Kabun | 4/4 | The Syrian Air Force helicopter during the observation flight was hit by fire from the ground. A fire broke out on board, the car lost control and fell into private development. The crew died, no one was injured on the ground [5] . |
| 7 | Sep 17 | Mi-8T RA-22719 | Omsk region , Kalachinsk | 0/3 | Cadets of the Omsk Flight Technical College. A. V. Lyapidevsky made planned training flights. Due to numerous violations of the radio exchange between the command and control station and the helicopter crews, both machines (RA-22719 and RA-22850), not seeing each other, began approaching the same landing pad, resulting in an altitude of about 10 m there was a collision. The RA-22719 located below the main rotor touched the right landing gear and, collapsing, with a turn, fell to the ground and capsized on its side. Cadets in the helicopter were injured. The RA-22850, after a collision, landed right on course [7] . |
| eight | Sep 17 | Mi-8T RA-22850 | Omsk region , Kalachinsk | 0/3 | |
| 9 | 30 sept | Mi-17 n.d. | suburb of Damascus , Adra | 4/4 | The Syrian Air Force helicopter flew over the area of activity of anti-government forces at an altitude of 3700 m while being outside the zone of destruction of anti-aircraft weapons of the enemy. Due to the uncoordinated actions of the civil and military flight control services, a civilian Airbus A-320 was sent to the area where the helicopter was located, flying on the Damascus → Latakia route with 162 passengers on board. The gaining height, the A-320 dangerously approached the helicopter and the rotor blades touched the vertical tail of the aircraft. As a result, the Mi-17 lost control and fell to the ground (the crew died), and the plane made an emergency landing at the airport of departure [5] . |
| ten | Oct 5 | Mi-17 n.d. | suburb of Damascus , al-Ghut al-Sharqiyah | 4/4 | The Syrian Air Force helicopter during a combat mission was struck by fire from the ground. The car, collapsing in the air, fell to the ground and burned [5] . |
| eleven | Oct 9 | Mi-8MT ER-MHL | Papua Province, near Tembagapura | 0/29 | When landing in mountainous terrain, the helicopter fell into poor visibility conditions (dense fog ), the crew lost landmarks and made an emergency landing. At 10 m from the landing site, the rotor blades touched the rock ledge and received significant damage. None of the crew members and passengers were seriously injured [8] . |
| 12 | Oct 17 | Mi-17 n.d. | Marat al-Numan | n / a | The Syrian Air Force helicopter during a combat mission was struck by fire from the ground and exploded in the air [5] . |
| 13 | Oct 17 | Mi-8T RA-24267 | Krasnoyarsk Territory , Evenki District , Yurubchen-5 | 1/12 | When landing in conditions of insufficient visibility (snow vortex), the tail rotor fell under the conditions of the " vortex ring ", which led to the left rotation of the helicopter, a collision with the earth's surface outside the landing site and tipping over to the starboard side. During the destruction of the car, a poorly fixed additional tank located in the cargo compartment broke and fatally injured one of the passengers [9] . A photo |
| 14 | Nov 10 | Mi-8T n.d. | Deir ez-zor | 1 / n.d. | Syrian Air Force helicopter. During a medical voyage during climb, one of the engines failed. When performing an emergency landing, a machine with high vertical speed collided with the ground and received significant damage. The evacuation of victims under enemy fire was carried out by a Mi-17 helicopter, driving away the enemy’s mobile detachment (nevertheless, they managed to capture four wounded soldiers on board before his arrival). Two days later, the abandoned helicopter was burned by local residents. The crew commander died of injuries in the hospital on November 12 [5] . |
| 15 | Nov 16 | Mi-17 n.d. | suburb of Damascus , al-Ghut al-Sharqiyah | 5/5 | Syrian Air Force helicopter shot down from the ground by fire [5] . |
| sixteen | Nov 17 | Mi-8T RA-22343 | Omsk region Sedelnikovo | 0/22 | When landing, the FAC did not take into account the direction and strength of the wind due to which there was a loss of tail rotor efficiency. The uncontrolled left rotation of the helicopter began, during which the machine collided with the right wheel of the main landing gear with the earth's surface and at the same time the rotor blades collided with the tail boom. The helicopter crashed to the starboard side, causing significant damage. 9 passengers and one crew member received injuries of varying severity [10] . |
| 17 | 24 Nov | Mi-8T UP-MI829 | Almaty region , Alakol district , near Usharal | 8/8 | The helicopter crashed during a flight over the pipeline . The scene and the remains of the bodies were discovered on November 29 [11] . |
| 18 | Nov 25 | Mi-17 2940 | Marge Al Sultan | 0/0 | The Syrian Air Force helicopter received numerous injuries from small arms and was captured at the heliport by anti-government forces [5] . |
| nineteen | Nov 27 | Mi-17 n.d. | Gives Aza | 19/19 | Syrian Air Force helicopter during a climb climbed down from Igla MANPADS . During an emergency landing, a fire broke out on board, the car lost control and collided with the ground at high vertical speed. Killed 5 crew members and 14 passengers - soldiers of the Syrian army [5] . |
| 20 | Dec 10 | Mi-8MT RF-23148 | Gudauta district , near Lake Ritsa | 0/11 | Helicopter of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia . Due to technical malfunctions, the crew went to an emergency landing in a wooded area. As a result of a rough landing, the car received significant damage, 2 passengers (border guards) received moderate injuries. The causes of the incident are being investigated [12] . |
| 21 | Dec 21 | / Mi-8AMT RA-27003 | Jonglei State, near Likwangole | 4/4 | The helicopter of the UN mission in South Sudan was shot down as a result of shelling from the ground. In a collision with the ground, the car collapsed and completely burned down, the crew and passenger died. The representative of the armed forces of South Sudan made a statement that the helicopter was shot down by their units, which, allegedly having no information about the planned flight of the UN mission aircraft in the area, considered that it was delivering arms and ammunition to the anti-government rebels operating in the area. According to representatives of the UN mission, the flights were agreed upon in the established manner [13] . |
| 22 | Dec 25 | Mi-8MT 29 | Kirovograd region , Alexandria | 5/5 | Helicopter of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine . After completing routine maintenance, a helicopter raced the engines and checked the equipment. Unexpectedly for the crew, the car took off and, gaining altitude, fell into low clouds, which made it difficult to stabilize the flight and enter the landing. Focusing only on ground lights, the crew tried to land, but the helicopter, having dropped, collided with the ground and completely collapsed. Three crew members and two technicians from the ground support personnel on board were killed [14] . |
Notes
- ↑ Accidents of Mi-8 helicopters in 2010-2014 Dossier (Russian) , TASS . Date of treatment June 20, 2017.
- ↑ Lev Guzikov. 25 kilometers from Atyrau, a MI-8 helicopter crashed . Republican socio-political weekly "Turan" (April 20, 2012). The appeal date is January 5, 2015.
- ↑ The road near Khabarovsk, where Mi-8 sat down hard, is open for travel . MIA "Russia Today" (April 25, 2012). The appeal date is January 5, 2015.
- ↑ Se Accidenta Helicóptero MI-17-1V (EJC-3381) de la Aviación del Ejército, en Carepa - Antioquia (Spanish) . Webinfomil (13 de junio de 2012). Date of treatment January 3, 2015. Archived January 5, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Syrian revolution . Aviation in local conflicts. Date of treatment February 16, 2015.
- ↑ The accident of Mi-8T a / c Tomsk Avia in the Parabel district of the Tomsk region . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is December 23, 2014.
- ↑ Collision of two Mi-8T Omsk LTK GA at a / d Kalachinsk . AirDisaster.ru. Date of treatment July 27, 2014. Archived May 31, 2013.
- ↑ Heli Milik Freeport Terperosok, Penumpang Selamat (indon.) . Suara Pembaruan (October 9, 2012). Date of treatment January 6, 2015. Archived January 5, 2015.
- ↑ Crash of Mi-8T a / c KrasAvia in the village Yurubchen-5, Krasnoyarsk Territory . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 3, 2015.
- ↑ The accident of Mi-8T a / c UTair in the Sedelnikovsky district of the Omsk region . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 3, 2015.
- ↑ The crash of Mi-8T a / c Euro Asia Air in the Alma-Ata region . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 5, 2015.
- ↑ Angela Kuchuberia. As a result of a helicopter accident in Abkhazia, two Russian border guards were hospitalized in Sochi . ITAR-TASS (December 10, 2012). Date of treatment January 6, 2015.
- ↑ Loss of Mi-8AMT a / c Nizhnevartovskavia in South Sudan . AirDisaster.ru. The appeal date is January 5, 2015.
- ↑ The lists of the special warehouse of the police unit of the law enforcement order are insured for the civil service, while they were thrown into a car accident (Ukrainian) . Press Service of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (July 18, 2013). Date of treatment January 6, 2015.