# Accident 20160909017019A: Hughes 369D, Peach Orchard, MO, September 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Peach Orchard, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: X2RL
- Location: 36.3289° N, 89.9389° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3289&lon=-89.9389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500TN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500TN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,750 total, 3,583 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA480) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160909017019A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER WAS PERFORMING PART 133 POWERLINE WORK HOVERING NEXT TO POWERLINES ENERGIZED WITH 161KV. WHILE BONDED TO ONE LINE, ANOTHER LINE ARCED OVER TO THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES, STRIKING 3 OF THE 5 BLADES. THE HELICOPTER WAS ABLE TO LAND WITHOUT INCIDENT BUT RECIEVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA480](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA480), Sep 9, 2016: Hughes 369 (N500TN), Peach Orchard, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The helicopter pilot’s failure to maintain sufficient separation between the main rotor blade and a power line during line guard installation, which resulted in an electrical arc to the main rotor.

## Other reports on N500TN (1)

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

- [Accident 20111221029959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111221029959A), Dec 21, 2011: Hughes 369D (N500TN), Fall Branch, TN, Minor damage. The pilot departed kdkx (down town island airport), knoxville, TN, enroute to ktri (ti-cities regional airport) on a course of 072 degrees at 400 ft AGL at…

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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