ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 157851
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| Date: | Monday 29 July 2013 |
| Time: | 10:45 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD 500E (369E) |
| Owner/operator: | U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminstration |
| Registration: | N1608D |
| MSN: | 0434E |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce 250-C20B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Breathitt County near the Magoffin County Line, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | London, KY (LOZ) |
| London, KY (LOZ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An unmarked and uncharted wire extended between two ridges, the last remaining wire of several that had provided utilities to a mine that was no longer in operation. The pilot did not see the wire and was flying the helicopter between the two ridges, about 500 feet above the valley floor, when the main rotor head contacted the utility wire. The pilot initiated an emergency descent but he had limited control of the helicopter, and it collided with the valley floor. A postcrash fire consumed the wreckage. Because the mine had been closed for a long time, no one had reported the utility wire to the Federal Aviation Administration for addition on the appropriate aeronautical chart.
Probable Cause: The helicopter pilot's inadvertent collision with an unmarked and uncharted utility wire of which he was unaware.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jul-2013 13:38 | gerard57 | Added |
| 29-Jul-2013 17:39 | harro | Updated [Nature, Source] |
| 31-Jul-2013 04:31 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 08:49 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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