- Date
- December 13, 1984, 11:17 local (16:17 UTC)
- Place
- Albermarle, NC
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7401FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841213066269A
- Case key
- 6721
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Plt saw unfamiliar mountain range and decided to land in a residential construction site to find out his exact location. Plt failed to see electrical wires during the descent until too late. Plt lost control of acft in last minute attempt to avoid wires. Acft contacted wires and crashed into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7401F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 35046
- Airframe hours
- 2,513
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. G. Reynolds Co., Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 27, 1984 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- Rockhill, NC
- Destination
- Troy, NC
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,412 total · 1,412 in this make and model · 1,412 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.