- Date
- June 15, 1978
- Place
- Charlotte, NC · CHARLOTTE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8658FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780615020579A
- Case key
- 141381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1711 78/6/15 CHARLOTTE,NC HUGHES 269C CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N8658F PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 43, 4571 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 616 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLOTTE,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8658F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.