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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Falls Mills, WV · September 11, 1981

Date
September 11, 1981 · 15:05 local
Place
Falls Mills, WV
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N7497F
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL81FA114
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total115 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Struck wires during low altitude search for marijuana fields. Blew up and burned. Wires stretched across river.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES DURING LOW ALTITUDE SEARCH FOR MARIJUANA FIELDS. BLEW UP AND BURNED. WIRES STRETCHED ACROSS RIVER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.