# Incident 19900809031859I: Hughes 369D, Litchfield, AZ, August 9, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1990, 13:20 local time
- Place: Litchfield, AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4267° N, 112.3552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Litchfield, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4267&lon=-112.3552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N812CE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N812CE-2008-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900809031859I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Accident 20060906020269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060906020269A), Sep 6, 2006: Hughes 369D (N812CE), Somis, CA, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) The Hughes "500" helicopter, model HU-369-D, owned and operated by southern California edison, was performing routine powerline patrol on the "rainbow…

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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