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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369HM · Yuma, AZ · April 30, 1996

Date
April 30, 1996 · 22:40 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5062Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX96TA186
Reported as
Hughes 369HM
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,623 total4,500 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.

Public use aircraft collided with wires during night border control flight. Walked away from wreck.

As the FAA filed it

PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH WIRES DURING NIGHT BORDER CONTROL FLIGHT. WALKED AWAY FROM WRECK.

NTSB investigation

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