- Date
- October 19, 1978
- Place
- Garberville, CA · GARBERVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58183Hughes 500D
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781019033199A
- Case key
- 147486
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3019 78/10/19 NR.GARBERVILLE,CA HUGHES 500D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 4000 TIME - 0915 N58183 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ISLAND MOUNTAIN,CA GARBERVILLE,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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58183
- Reported as
- Hughes 500D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N58183Registration cancelled Apr 23, 2013 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.