- Date
- January 11, 1980
- Place
- Dione, KY · DIONE, KY
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9163FHughes 500D
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800111000089A
- Case key
- 132223
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0067 80/1/11 NR.DIONE,KY HUGHES 500D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 10905 TIME - 1245 N9163F PX- 0 2 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 44 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP GRAY KNOB,KY DIONE,KY MINE SITE 2 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 WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 3600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F HAZE 55 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 190 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PLT'S FIRST LNDG AT HLPT. 200' WIRES NOT MARKED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9163F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9163FRegistration cancelled Mar 14, 1998 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9163F · 1
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