19891117045899A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Barstow, CA · November 17, 1989

Date
November 17, 1989 · 09:19 local
Place
Barstow, CA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator
HLXA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1097G
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90LA033
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
572 total400 in this make and model89 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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While stringing wire, long line and load tangled in powerline crossbar, causing loss of control and spin to ground.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE STRINGING WIRE, LONG LINE AND LOAD TANGLED IN POWERLINE CROSSBAR, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND SPIN TO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N1097G · 1

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