- Date
- June 28, 1967
- Place
- Papillion, NE · PAPILLION, NE
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9350FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116903
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0518 67/6/28 NR.PAPILLION,NEBR HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N9350F PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 27, 448 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 220 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH OMAHA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 200 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - CORN TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FAILED ON IMPACT GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -ROLLING ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 1064 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- HIT WIRE WHILE DESCENDING INTO FIELD TO START SWATH RUN.SEVERAL POWER LINES TRAVERSED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9350F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Omaha
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.
Other investigations on N9350F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX88LA233Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Bear, CAWhile cruising, the plt perceived he was experiencing a loss of engine & rotor RPM. The plt stated that he attempted to regain RPM by autorotating. The RPM was regained in the autorotative descent. The plt elected to continue the descent to a landing. Upon…NTSB DEN65A0047Accident · Serious injuriesClosedColo Springs, CO