# NTSB Accident IAD99GA036
> **Mil MI-8MTV-1** · 1999-03-15 · HINCHE, HA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD99GA036
- **Event ID:** 20001205X00332
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-03-15
- **Location:** HINCHE, HA
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 13
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 13
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Mil
- **Model:** MI-8MTV-1
- **Registration:** RA-25464
- **FAR Part:** NUSN
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The flightcrew's inability to maintain visual contact with mountainous terrain in night, instrument meteorological conditions.  Contributing to the accident was a lack of preparation and support for difficult flight conditions, including lack of coordination between the U.S. operator, its Russian flightcrew and aircraft-owner partner, United Nations tasking authorities, and the Haitian civil aviation authority.

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