- Date
- April 18, 1992, 08:22 local (15:22 UTC)
- Place
- Silverton, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9675FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920418010429A
- Case key
- 41658
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Probable cause
Inadequate preflight planning and preparation. A factor to the accident was: visual lookout was not maintained.
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.
In flight collision with object
Object - guy wire
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - not maintainedFactor
Analysis
During an aerial application flight, the helicopter struck a guy wire. The pilot lowered the collective and landed in an adjacent field. The pilot reported that he was aware of the lines that bordered the field, however, he did not see the guy wire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9675F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 820156
- Airframe hours
- 7,394
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Chris Harris, doing business as Grid Aviation
- Registered owner
- John Inman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 17, 1992 · 2 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,247 total · 164 in this make and model · 27 in the last 90 days · 19 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.