ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 308002
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| Date: | Sunday 5 February 2023 |
| Time: | 17:30 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Halln LLC |
| Registration: | N7452F |
| MSN: | 760522 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3092 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yakima, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Yakima Air Terminal, WA (YKM/KYKM) |
| Yakima Air Terminal, WA (YKM/KYKM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, while flying low along the river, the helicopter collided with an unseen wire. The pilot subsequently accomplished a landing in the shallow water of the river without further incident. A main rotor blade was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid a powerline while flying at low altitude over a river.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB WPR23LA105
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 October 2003 | N7452F | private | 0 | Portland-Hillsboro Airport, OR (HIO/KHIO) | |
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