# Accident 20150701009599A: Hughes 269C, Asotin, WA, July 1, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2015, 17:25 local time
- Place: Asotin, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2425° N, 117.0811° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2425&lon=-117.0811&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9490F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9490F-2018-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150701009599A

## Narrative

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

THE HELICOPTER DEPARTED LEWISTON ?NEZ PERCE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (LWS) AT 1000L AND WAS REPORTED OVERDUE BY THE OWNER LATER THAT DAY. THE WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED IN A RAVINE BY FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE FIGHTING A WILD FIRE IN THE AREA. EVIDENCE INDICATES THE CRASH STARTED THE FIRE.

THE CRASH SITE WAS LOCATED IN A RAVINE APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET BELOW TWO POWER LINES SPANNING THE RAVINE. THE WRECKAGE TRAIL STARTED BENEATH THE POWER LINES, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS SOUTH OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE LOCATION, AND CONSISTED OF PIECES OF PLEXIGLAS AND A WINDOW FRAME. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS COMPRISED OF THE FUSELAGE AND THE TAIL BOOM. THE TAIL BOOM, WHICH WAS RELATIVELY INTACT, WAS FOUND FOLDED OVER THE FUSELAGE. THE FUSELAGE HAD BEEN CONSUMED IN THE POST-CRASH FIRE.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER DIED IN THE CRASH.

## 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 WPR15FA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15FA204), Jul 1, 2015: Hughes 269C (N9490F), Asotin, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from power lines while maneuvering in a canyon.

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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