Overview
On 26 September 2010, a Kamov Ka-32S helicopter, registered RA-31584, operated by OOO "DP AERO-KAMOV", crashed in the area of Mount Fisht, Sochi, Krasnodar Region. The aircraft was conducting external load operations for the client OOO "Imidzh-Stroy".
Flight Preparation
The flight was based on a seasonal application for aviation works submitted to the Rostov Zone Center of the Unified Air Traffic Management System in September 2009, and a preliminary flight plan filed at the Sochi airport flight dispatch office on 24 September 2010. Pre-flight preparation of the crew was conducted in full by the management of OOO "DP AERO-KAMOV". On the day of the accident, pre-flight preparation began at the base helipad in Solokh-Aul at 05:30 UTC, starting with a weather briefing via telephone from the Sochi airport meteorological station (AMSG). The actual weather at the departure site and the forecast along the route (Solokh-Aul to Lunnyaya Polyana area) met the pilot-in-command's minima and did not impede daytime flight operations.
Operations
According to the flight assignment, the crew was tasked with loading and unloading works. Specifically, the helicopter was transporting concrete in buckets on an external sling from the settlement of Nizhny Solokh-Aul (near Sochi) to the Lunnyaya Polyana area, where cable car supports were under construction. Additionally, it was moving rebar from a metal structures warehouse near the helipad to the construction sites.
Accident
The accident occurred on 26 September 2010 in the Mount Fisht area. No further details regarding the circumstances of the crash are available from the provided source.