# Accident 19820417018799A: Hughes 369, Page, AZ, April 17, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1982, 18:00 local time
- Place: Page, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6795° N, 111.4092° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6795&lon=-111.4092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4EE-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417018799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLIGHT OF 3 HELICOPTERS FLYING LOW OVER RIVER. ONE STRUCK A CABLE STRETCHED OVER RIVER. BROKE UP AND SANK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX82DA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA140), Apr 18, 1982: Hughes 369HS (N4EE), 8 S. Of Page, AZ, destroyed, 3 fatal

## Other reports on N4EE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790131003989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790131003989I), Jan 31, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N4EE), Santa Barbara, CA, Minor damage. A piece of plywood blew into the tail rotor during air taxi.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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