# Accident 20180821011969A: Hughes Helicopters Inc 369FF, Granger, TX, August 21, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2018, 12:18 local time
- Place: Granger, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6900° N, 97.4006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6900&lon=-97.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N530FU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530FU-2020-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters 369FF (registry code 4470709, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369ff) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES HELICOPTERS INC 369FF
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA232) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180821011969A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 21, 2018 AT 1218 CDT, A HUGHES 369FF BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N530FU, REGISTERED TO AIR 1 SANDPOINT HELICOPTERS INC. HIT POWER LINES AND CRASHED AND BURNED IN A FIELD IN GRANGER TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFICATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND FORIEGN PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM GEORGETOWN, TX (KGTU) AT 1205 CDT.

## 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 WPR18FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA232), Aug 21, 2018: Hughes 369 (N530FU), Granger, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid a power line while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's decision to not follow the training syllabus and…

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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