2025 Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan
Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant Kamov Ka-226 · Crashed due to damage to the tail section during a hard landing; an investigation is under way
From Kizlyar, Dagestan, Russia to Izberbash, Dagestan, Russia
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
- 5 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- Unknown
- Survivors
- 2
- 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
- 2
- 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
- General aviation
Kamov Ka-226
- Aircraft type
- Kamov KA-226
- Category
- Helicopter · from aircraft type
- 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
- RA-19307
- Operator
- Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant
- Onboard fatalities
- 5
- Route
- From Kizlyar, Dagestan, RussiaTo Izberbash, Dagestan, Russia
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Estimated position: Achi-Su, the place the Wikipedia article names. Not the accident site.
From the Wikipedia article
On 7 November 2025, at approximately 15:00 Moscow time (UTC+3:00), a Ka-226 helicopter carrying senior staff of the Russian Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant crashed into a non-residential building near the village of Achi-Su, Dagestan, Russia, killing five people and injuring two.
Crash
A video published on the internet shows the helicopter's tail section breaking during a hard landing on a beach near the village of Achi-Su. The pilot tried to regain control of the helicopter before briefly descending into the water and taking off again. Witnesses reported that the helicopter caught fire. It fell abruptly and soon crashed into an empty private house near the coast of the Caspian Sea. After the helicopter fell, the house caught fire and burned down completely.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, resulting by negligence in the death of two or more persons). Investigators are considering various causes of the crash, including pilot error and a technical malfunction. Rosaviatsiya classified the helicopter crash as a catastrophe. On 19 November 2025 the Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala remanded the helicopter pilot, 41-year-old Vladimir Andreev, in custody until 6 January; he was charged under Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, resulting by negligence in the death of two or more persons). On 26 March 2026 the final report of the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) stated that the helicopter pilot did not have the skills to fly it.
Translated into English with AI assistance from the Russian Wikipedia article “Крушение вертолёта Ка-226 в Дагестане в 2025 году” (revision 152449684, 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
Russian Wikipedia article: Крушение вертолёта Ка-226 в Дагестане в 2025 году
- Translation
- Into English with AI assistance; names of linked operators and aircraft types from Wikidata. It may contain errors.
- Revision
- 152449684 · 2026-03-27 · retrieved 2026-09-19
- Wikidata
- Q136746945
- 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
- ru Wikipedia article "Крушение вертолёта Ка-226 в Дагестане в 2025 году" (page 11300925, revision 152449684), translated into English with AI assistance
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- 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
- Reviewed correction (2026-09-26): The helicopter was operated by the Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant and carried the plant's own senior staff: a corporate aircraft flown for its owner. The article: "a Ka-226 helicopter carrying senior staff of the Russian Kizlyar Electromechanical Plant"
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Russian Wikipedia article's infobox, translated into English with AI assistance, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.