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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Whiteville, NC · August 18, 1980

Date
August 18, 1980 · 11:00 local
Place
Whiteville, NC
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9435F
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL80FLG18
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Struck power line during spray run. Wires not marked. Did not use field spotter to check for wires.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK POWER LINE DURING SPRAY RUN. WIRES NOT MARKED. DID NOT USE FIELD SPOTTER TO CHECK FOR WIRES.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N9435F · 1

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