Accident Hughes 369D HL9188, Wednesday 16 August 2017
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Date:Wednesday 16 August 2017
Time:08:01
Type:Silhouette image of generic H500 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hughes 369D
Owner/operator:Palm Copter
Registration: HL9188
MSN: 1160029D
Year of manufacture:1976
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Sincheon-ri, Yeonggwang county -   South Korea
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Agricultural
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: ARAIB
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
A Hughes 369D crashed in a rice paddy.
The pilot was seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
The aircraft had impacted an obstacle during low level flight.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: ARAIB
Report number: 
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year 1 month
Download report: Final report

Sources:

ARAIB

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

23 July 2016 HL9188 Palm Copter 0 Hwasan-gun, Yeonggwang-gun min
Collision with pole or wires

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
01-Oct-2018 18:59 harro Added
01-Oct-2018 19:02 harro Updated [Narrative, ]
10-Jan-2021 09:24 RobertMB Updated [Date, Location, Narrative, Accident report, ]

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