ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239960
Last updated: 1 September 2020
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| Date: | 05-AUG-2020 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Hughes 369D |
| Owner/operator: | Signature Property Holdings LLC |
| Registration: | N104SU |
| C/n / msn: | 670151D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Jackson County Delia, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
While conducting an aerial trimming flight for vegetation management, debris thrown up from the Heli-Saw impacted the aircraft’s rotors and a subsequent emergency autorotation to an open field terrain in Delia, Kansas, ensued. The helicopter sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard was not injured.
Sources:
https://www.asias.faa.gov/apex/f?p=100:96:21760998212046::::P96_ENTRY_DATE,P96_MAKE_NAME,P96_FATAL_FLG:13-AUG-20,HUGHES
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N104SU
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=104SU
https://heli-dunn.com/heli-saw/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Aug-2020 03:40 | Geno | Added |
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