- Date
- May 1, 1973
- Place
- Uvalde, TX · UVALDE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8774FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730501009509A
- Case key
- 169518
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0850 73/5/1 NR.UVALDE,TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0910 N8774F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL SURVEY AGE 34, 4743 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UVALDE,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- LIVESTOCK SURVEY. HIT WIRES ABOUT 25 FT ABOVE RIVER BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8774F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8774F · 2
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