Agusta A119 RA-01980

Summary

On 6 April 2012 at about 12:40 local time, a Agusta A119 registered RA-01980, operated by Balt Star Ltd., was involved in an accident near Leningradsky, Russia. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

6 April 2012 at 12:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Leningradsky, Russia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Agusta A119

Registration

RA-01980

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Balt Star Ltd.

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Petersburg → Leningradsky

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

NTSB number

ERA12WA298

4 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On April 6, 2012, about 1240 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), an AgustaWestland S.p.A., A119 helicopter, Russian registration RA-01980, crashed onto a frozen lake (Yanisyarvi), Sortavalsk district, Leningradsky region, about 5 KM from camp Chernye Kamni, Russia. Reported weather conditions consisted of instrument meteorological conditions due to snow showers. The helicopter was substantially damaged and the 2 flightcrew members and 2 passengers (all Russian citizens) were fatally injured. The flight originated from St. Petersburg, Russia; however, the time of departure was not provided. This accident is under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) of Russia. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: The Interstate Aviation Committee IIC – Mr. Alexander Paramonov 22/2/1 Bolshaya Ordynka Str. Moscow 119017, Russia Ph: +7(495)953-96-59 (Russian and English) E-mail: [email protected] This report is for informational purposes and contains only information released by the Government of Russia.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.