- Date
- June 19, 1974
- Place
- Reidsville, NC · REIDSVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5918FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173400
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1704 74/6/19 REIDSVILLE,NC HUGHES 269B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 600 TIME - 0930 N5918F PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 200 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDEN,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BOYS ON BRIDGE WAVED TO HELICOPTER.MAN WEARING GLASSES WAVING BACK WHEN ACFT HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5918F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warfs