# Accident 20150406006079A: Hughes 369D, Cherokee, AL, April 6, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2015, 13:07 local time
- Place: Cherokee, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: HXFL
- Location: 34.8428° N, 87.9344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8428&lon=-87.9344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555JC-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 400HP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,884 total, 2,079 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA178) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150406006079A

## Narrative

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

ON 4/6/2015 HELICOPTER N555JC IMPACTED THE TENNESSEE RIVER NEAR THE NATCHEZ CHASE BRIDGE IN CHEROKEE, AL.  THE PIC WAS ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE FROM CORINTH, MS TO SCOTTSBORO, AL IN CONDITIONS THAT INCLUDED PERIODS OF RAIN AND FOG, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RIVER AND WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED.  THE PIC WAS LATER FOUND DECEASED.

## 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 ERA15FA178](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA178), Apr 6, 2015: Hughes 369D (N555JC), Cherokee, AL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's spatial disorientation during a low-level river crossing in rainy, gray, reduced visibility meteorological conditions, which resulted in the helicopter's subsequent descent and impact…

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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