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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 369D · Litchfield, AZ · August 9, 1990

Date: August 9, 1990 · 13:20 local
Place: Litchfield, AZ
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N812CE
Reported as: Hughes 369D
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total6,000 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N812CERegistration cancelled May 14, 2008 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DS/N 720D · Built 1980 Airframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D Engine modelAllison 250-C20 seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

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

Struck a wire while flying at low atltiude inspecting microwave towers.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK A WIRE WHILE FLYING AT LOW ATLTIUDE INSPECTING MICROWAVE TOWERS.

Other reports on N812CE · 1

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

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