Accident Hughes 269C N7402F, Wednesday 20 January 1982

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Date:	Wednesday 20 January 1982
Time:	17:30 LT
Type:	Hughes 269C
Owner/operator:	Jim Tomash
Registration:	N7402F
MSN:	650412
Year of manufacture:	1975
Total airframe hrs:	2232 hours
Engine model:	Lycoming HIO-360-D1A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Bondurant, WY - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Bondurant, WY
Destination airport:	Bondurant, WY
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT STATED THAT HE BECAME DISORIENTED IN A WHITE OUT CONDITION DUE TO BLOWING SNOW DURING A LANDING ATTEMPT. HE THEN LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO STOP THE BLOWING SNOW AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HELICOPTER BROKE THROUGH THE CRUST OF A FOUR FOOT THICK SNOW COVER. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER. SIX INCHES OF SNOW HAD RECENTLY FALLEN.

Probable Cause:

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