# Incident 20260526004889I: Hughes 369D, Pawhuska, OK, May 26, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2026, 09:47 local time
- Place: Pawhuska, OK
- Airport: Pawhuska Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HN9G
- Location: 36.6717° N, 96.4056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAWHUSKA MUNI (H76), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6717&lon=-96.4056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N530HB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N530HB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,935 total, 384 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260526004889I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 26, 2026, AT APPROXIMATELY 0947 CST, A HUGHES 369D WAS CONDUCTING PART 137 OPERATIONS 5.6 MILES SE OF THE H76 AIRPORT. DURING THE AERIAL APPLICATION PHASE OF FLIGHT TO DISPENSE HERBICIDE, THE PILOT BECAME DISTRACTED WHEN THE SPRAY SYSTEM'S RECORDING DEVICE STOPPED MARKING, DURING WHICH THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN VISUAL AWARENESS AND DISTANCE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS.THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT-SIDE SPRAY BOOM AND BOTH SKIDS CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE POWERLINE AND SEVERING THE POWERLINE.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN AN ADJACENT FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE SPRAY SYSTEM AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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