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Kalbajar helicopter crash (1989)

14 Jul 1989 · Kalbajar, Kalbajar District, Azerbaijan SSR

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
8 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
Unknown
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Unknown

Unknown

RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
Unknown
Operator
Unknown
Onboard fatalities
8
Route
From not recordedTo not recorded

Approximate · Estimated position: Kalbajar, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.

From the Wikipedia article

The Kalbajar helicopter crash was a helicopter crash at the Kalbajar city stadium on 14 July 1989.

Translated into English with AI assistance from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia article “Kəlbəcərdə helikopter qəzası (1989)” (revision 8252338, retrieved 2026-09-19) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out; the translation may contain errors, and long articles were cut to their first 700 words. Read the article

Sources

Azerbaijani Wikipedia article: Kəlbəcərdə helikopter qəzası (1989)
Article
Kəlbəcərdə helikopter qəzası (1989)
Translation
Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
Revision
8252338 · 2025-07-23 · retrieved 2026-09-19
Wikidata
Q113138087
Licence
Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
Record
az Wikipedia article "Kəlbəcərdə helikopter qəzası (1989)" (page 758144, revision 8252338), translated into English with AI assistance
Date
Wikipedia article: the date in its opening sentence (the infobox gives none to the day)
Place and country
Wikipedia infobox: site
Map position
place the Wikipedia infobox site links (Wikidata coordinates)
Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
not stated in the Wikipedia article's infobox or opening paragraph
Fatalities
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia article lead
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Azerbaijani Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.