- Date
- April 17, 1982, 18:00 local (Apr 18, 1982, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- 8 S. Of Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4EEHughes 369HS
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417018799A
- Case key
- 69671
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The aircraft was number two in a trail of three helicopters flying up the Colorado river at marble canyon to page, AZ when it struck an aerial cableway stretching across the river, 22 ft above the water. Witnesses stated that after the collision the helicopter did a somersalt and fell into the water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4EE
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1130537S
- Airframe hours
- 2,782
- Engine
- Allison 250-C-20, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Glenn Edward Miller
- Registered owner
- Glenn Edward Miller
- Departed
- L41 · Marble Canyon, AZ
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.