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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Sandwich, IL · July 21, 1988

Date
July 21, 1988 · 09:30 local
Place
Sandwich, IL
Airport
Woodlake Landing Airport
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator
MMTG
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7425F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88DEE07
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total2,500 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Helicopter collided with the bean field during a spray run. Blamed power loss but no engine or other defects.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER COLLIDED WITH THE BEAN FIELD DURING A SPRAY RUN. BLAMED POWER LOSS BUT NO ENGINE OR OTHER DEFECTS.

NTSB investigation

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