# NTSB IAD74AI069: Hughes 269B, N5918F, Reidsville, NC, June 19, 1974

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 19, 1974
- Place: Reidsville, NC · REIDSVILLE, NC
- Location: 36.3369° N, 79.6770° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reidsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3369&lon=-79.6770&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report July 10, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=IAD74AI069
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74AI069

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Warfs

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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