ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211218
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| Date: | Saturday 19 May 2018 |
| Time: | 09:45 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369A |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N369GK |
| MSN: | 580468 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Engine model: | Allison 250-C18A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 mls N of Stoneburg, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Sunset, TX |
| Sunset, TX | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The commercial pilot was conducting an aerial tour flight to hunt hogs in the helicopter with four passengers on board. As the pilot was returning to the landing zone and the helicopter was about 125 ft above the ground, a passenger saw a coyote below the helicopter and reported it to the other occupants. The pilot then chose to chase the coyote and suddenly made a tight, right turn and then entered a steep descent, which resulted in the helicopter rapidly approaching a tree line; the pilot initiated a climb, but the helicopter impacted the trees and then terrain.
Postaccident examination of the helicopter revealed no evidence of any preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. The pilot was operating the helicopter unsafely at a low altitude, which likely resulted in him seeing the tree line ahead too late to avoid impact with the trees.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s unsafe and aggressive operation of the helicopter at low altitude, which resulted in impact with trees.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 October 2006 | N810SB | Private | 0 | Key Largo, Florida | |
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Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2018 17:44 | Black Typhoon | Added |
| 20-May-2018 05:13 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-May-2018 13:38 | Aerossurance | Updated [Location, Nature, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-May-2018 07:48 | gerard57 | Updated [Nature, Damage] |
| 13-Feb-2019 07:34 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2019 09:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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