- Date
- December 11, 1981
- Place
- Lakeside, CA · LAKESIDE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N90525Hughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811211080179A
- Case key
- 122688
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3550 81/12/11 LAKESIDE,CA HUGHES 369HS CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 600 TIME - 1655 N90525 PX- 1 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKESIDE,CA SAN DIEGO,CA 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) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- STRUCK HI VOLTAGE PWR LN OVR HWY WHILE RETURNING FRM EXTERNAL LOAD OPN AT DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90525
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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