Flight Details
On 27 June 2021 at 10:00 local time (07:00 UTC), the crew arrived at the Pinsk landing site (Pinsk district, Brest region) to perform a flight along a route assigned in the flight mission: Pinsk – Potapovichi – Telekhany – Kosovo – Lesnaya – Gantsevichi – Bolshiye Chuchevichi – Lake Beloye – Sinkevichi – Olshany – Olmany – Pinsk. The purpose of the flight was to detect forest fires (see Figure 1 of the source).
Preflight Preparation
The request for airspace use was submitted to ATC authorities on 26 June 2021, and permission was obtained on 27 June 2021. Preflight preparation was conducted by the crew from 07:00 to 09:00. The crew did not undergo a medical examination, which is not contrary to the requirements of the Aviation Rules for Medical Examination of Civil Aviation Personnel of the Republic of Belarus, approved by Resolution No. 5 of the State Aviation Committee of the Republic of Belarus on 29 March 2005. Point 10 of Appendix 13 to these rules states: "When performing flights on aviation work from temporary aerodromes where there are no full-time medical workers of civil aviation, as well as before departure from foreign aerodromes (when performing international flights), pre-flight medical examination is not conducted. The decision on the admission of flight and cabin crew members to flights is made by the aircraft commander."
Aircraft Loading and Configuration
The helicopter received operational maintenance and was refueled with 830 kg of fuel. The takeoff mass from the Pinsk landing site was 3470 kg, with a center of gravity of +153 mm. These values were within the limits established by the Mi-2 Flight Manual (maximum takeoff weight 3550 kg, forward limit +0.185 m, aft limit -0.01 m).