# Incident 20230205001859I: Hughes 269C, Yakima, WA, February 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2023, 16:20 local time
- Place: Yakima, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7097° N, 120.6724° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7097&lon=-120.6724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7452F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7452F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 173 total, 31 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230205001859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT STRUCK A WIRE DURING LOW FLIGHT OVER THE NACHES RIVER NW OF YAKIMA, WA.

## 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 WPR23LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA105), Feb 6, 2023: Hughes 269C (N7452F), Yakima, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid a powerline while flying at low altitude over a river.

## Other reports on N7452F (2)

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

- [Accident 20031026026899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031026026899A), Oct 26, 2003: Hughes 269C (N7452F), Hillsboro, OR, Substantial damage. (-23) During an instructional, while hover taxiing, the instructor initiated a hovering autorotation, on touchdown, the skids sank into the soft surface…
- [Incident 19830917065879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065879I), Sep 17, 1983: Hughes 269C (N7452F), Sherwood, OR, Substantial damage. Running engine for the purpose of balancing trail rotor. Left helicopter. Engine speeded up. Helicopter destroyed.

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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