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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Cottonwood, CA · June 11, 1991

Date
June 11, 1991 · 07:34 local
Place
Cottonwood, CA
Phase of flight
To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N103AB
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,750 total

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.

On takeoff from farm field struck wires and fell to ground. Had made landing unknown reason while herding cattle.

As the FAA filed it

ON TAKEOFF FROM FARM FIELD STRUCK WIRES AND FELL TO GROUND. HAD MADE LANDING UNKNOWN REASON WHILE HERDING CATTLE.