- Date
- September 11, 1981
- Place
- Falls Mill, WV · FALLS MILL, WV
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7497FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810911059789A
- Case key
- 123019
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3191 81/9/11 FALLS MILL,WV HUGHES 269C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 820 TIME - 1505 N7497F PX- 1 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY TOTAL HOURS, 115 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SUTTON,WV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT & SHERIFF SEARCHING FOR MARIJUANA FLDS,HIT PWR LNS BTN 2 HILLS.PWR LN 300FT ABV ROAD BTN HILLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7497F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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