page_title: Mil Mi-28
section_title: Notable accidents
hierarchical_section_title: Mil Mi-28 / Notable accidents
caption_attribution_description: English: Mi-28 of Berkuty aerobatics group from 344th Centre for Combat Application and Training of Aircrew crashed today 2nd August 2015 during the Avidarts-2015 competition at Dubrovichi training range in Ryazan region. The second pilot survived, the commander colonel Igor Butenko was killed. According to the Commander-in-Chief of Air Force, the reason was the malfunction of helicopter's hydrosystem caused the failure of control system. May he rest in peace!Русский: Сегодня, к сожалению, очень скорбный повод для публикации фотографий. 2 августа во время выполнения фигур высшего пилотажа в рамках соревнований Авиадартс-2015 потерпел катастрофу вертолет Ми-28 пилотажной группы Беркуты. По предварительной информации причиной катастрофы стал отказ гидросистемы вертолет. Штурман-оператор самостоятельно покинул вертолет и был доставлен в госпиталь, а командир экипажа полковник Игорь Владимирович Бутенко трагически погиб в горящей машине. Светлая ему память!
context_page_description: The Mil Mi-28 is a Russian all-weather, day-night, military tandem, two-seat anti-armor attack helicopter. It is an attack helicopter with no intended secondary transport capability, better optimized than the Mil Mi-24 gunship for the role. It carries a single gun in an undernose barbette, plus external loads carried on pylons beneath stub wings.
context_section_description: On 2 August 2015, an Mi-28 of the Berkut squadron crashed while performing in an aerobatics display with other helicopters in Ryazan. Of the crew, the pilot Lieutenant Colonel Igor Butenko died as a result of the crash while the co-pilot (as yet unnamed) survived. While the specific cause of the crash remains undetermined, the co-pilot indicated in his report that the aircraft suffered a hydraulics failure. As a result, the Russian military grounded all Mi-28s during the investigation.
caption: A Mil Mi-28 helicopter crashed on 2 August 2015 at Dubrovichi training range in Ryazan region.
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