# Accident 19960531012299A: Hughes 369HS, Malheur City, OR, May 31, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1996
- Place: Malheur City, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 44.4129° N, 117.7249° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Malheur City, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4129&lon=-117.7249&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444GJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444GJ-2020-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA96LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960531012299A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A POWERLINE WHILE EN ROUTE, MADE EMERGENCY LANDING, SKIDDED ABOUT 50FT AND THEN FLIPPED OVER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA96LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA96LA106), May 31, 1996: Hughes 369HS (N444GJ), Arock, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to see and avoid the transmission wire. A factor was the low altitude flight.

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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