# Incident 20030206006119I: Hughes 369HE, Cross Lake, MN, February 6, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 2003
- Place: Cross Lake, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.6793° N, 94.0986° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crosslake, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.6793&lon=-94.0986&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369HE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369HE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HE (registry code 4470720, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369he) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HE
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 180 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030206006119I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE DEPARTING FROM REMOTE LANDING SITE, AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SINGLE POWERLINE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IMMEDIATELY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO ROTORS. PILOT STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE THE POWERLINE AGAINST THE HORIZON.

## Other reports on N369HE (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991113038849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991113038849I), Nov 13, 1999: Hughes 369HE (N369HE), Blaine, MN. Aircarft took off from anoka county airport and was climbing through 400 feet when it was noticed that the engine RPM was decreasing. Iniatially noted to be…

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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