# Accident 20121115024399A: Hughes 369D, Corning, NY, November 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2012, 12:11 local time
- Place: Corning, NY
- Airport: Elmira/Corning Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: HXFL
- Location: 42.1475° N, 77.0419° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1475&lon=-77.0419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369AW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369AW-2014-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121115024399A

## Narrative

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

ON 11-15-12, AT 12:11 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN A HELICOPTER CRASHED NEAR THE CHEMUNG RIVER CLOSE TO KENT PHILLIPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CORNING EAST HIGH SCHOOL BUT NOT ON SCHOOL PROPERTY IN THE UPSTATE NEW YORK CITY OF CORNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HELICOPTER ACCIDENT OCCURED WHILE INSPECTING TRANSMISSION LINES. THE HELICOPTER STRUCK A POWER LINE AND BECAME TANGLED IN POWER LINES AND CRASHED AND BURNED. SKY CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR, WINDS CALM AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THE PILOT AND A PASSENGER WERE BOTH KILLED.THE HELICOPTER, WAS A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS 369D, IT BELONGED TO HAVERFIELD AVIATION INC., BASED IN GETTYSBURG, PA.  .THE HELICOPTER WAS CONTRACTED BY NEW YORK STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP, NYSEG.CITY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, AS WELL AS CORNING POLICE AND FIRE PERSONNEL. CORNING POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WERE ASSISTED AT THE SCENE BY CORNING CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, RURAL METRO AMBULANCE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE POLICE, STEUBEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PAINTED POST FIRE, STEUBEN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES AND NYSEG

## 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 ERA13LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA057), Nov 15, 2012: Hughes 369D (N369AW), Corning, NY, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate altitude while conducting a power line aerial observation flight, which resulted in an in-flight collision with wires. Contributing to the accident was the…

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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