Date:	Tuesday 8 June 1999
Time:	11:14 LT
Type:	Aérospatiale AS 350
Owner/operator:	Addington Mining
Registration:	N35AG
MSN:	2006
Year of manufacture:	1987
Total airframe hrs:	3739 hours
Engine model:	Turbomeca Arriel 1
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Whitesburg Coal Level, Ashcamp, Pike County, Kentucky -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Ashcamp, KY (NONE)
Destination airport:	Pikeville, KY (7K0)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
After dropping off passengers at a mining site, the helicopter was observed climbing in a shallow nose down attitude, heading north, when it impacted two electrical wires. The helicopter then descended and impacted on a road between vertical walls of a previously mined area, where it was consumed by a post-crash fire. Examination of the wreckage did not reveal any evidence of a pre-impact malfunction. Examination of the main rotor blades revealed several scrape marks and gouges consistent with a wire strike. Visibility reported at a nearby airport was 10 statute miles, and a witness to the accident said the wind was 'calm,' and visibility was 'good.'

Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate visual look out which resulted in an in-flight collision with wires.

NTSB NYC99FA136
FAA register: NTSB: https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001212X19082&key=1
FAA register: 2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=35AG

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
24-Oct-2008 10:30	ASN archive	Added
07-Jul-2014 01:18	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
07-Jul-2014 01:34	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
21-Dec-2016 19:23	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency, ]
14-Dec-2017 08:26	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
08-Apr-2024 05:34	ASN Update Bot	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report, ]