- Date
- August 14, 1976
- Place
- Milagro, NM · MILAGRO, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8942FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 155003
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2085 76/8/14 MILAGRO,NM HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 102 TIME - 1315 N8942F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 37 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM MONTOYA,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A LANDING AT A SERVICE STATION BESIDE HIGHWAY.HIT POWERLINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8942F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8942FRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Hughes 269A-1Airframe modelHughes 269A-1Engine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8942F · 1
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