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| Date: | Sunday 26 August 1973 |
| Time: | 12:55 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Olympic Helicopter Leasing Corporation |
| Registration: | N9043F |
| MSN: | 990121S |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Packwood Airport, Randle, Washington -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Packwood Airport, Randle, Washington (55S) |
| Packwood Airport, Randle, Washington (55S) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (damaged beyond repair) 26 August 1973 when crashed into tree during an auto-rotative force landing after engine failure at Packwood Air[port, Randall, Washington during a local fire spotting sortie.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: SEA74FYG13
2. http://www.mdhelicopters.com/support/pdf/documents/destroyed_aircraft_list_2012.pdf
3. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9043F
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2015 22:12 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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