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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 369 · Yuma, AZ · May 2, 1996

Date
May 2, 1996 · 10:22 local
Place
Yuma, AZ
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5184C
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX96TA187
Reported as
Hughes 369
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,840 total1,650 in this make and model188 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Us border patrol helicopter lost control in a turn at slow speed low altitude in high wind and turbulence. Crashed.

As the FAA filed it

US BORDER PATROL HELICOPTER LOST CONTROL IN A TURN AT SLOW SPEED LOW ALTITUDE IN HIGH WIND AND TURBULENCE. CRASHED.

NTSB investigation

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