Hughes 369E accident near Park City, UT
On December 27, 2001, a Hughes 369E (helicopter) was involved in an accident near Park City, UT. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 27, 2001
- Place
- Park City, UT
- Aircraft
- Hughes 369E · Helicopter
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.751°N, 111.722°W
- NTSB ID
- 20020103X00007
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 27, 2001, at 1241 mountain standard time, a Hughes 369E, N280SP, registered to and operated by Helicopters by Oz, Inc., dba Helicopter Capture Services of Marysvale, Utah, struck electrical transmission wires and impacted water while maneuvering 15 miles northwest of Park City, Utah. The commercial pilot, another company employee, and a Utah Division of Wildlife Resources employee were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed for the public use flight being conducted under Title 14 CFR Part 133/135. The flight originated from a staging area about 5 miles east of the accident site approximately 1230. The helicopter had been contracted by the State of Utah to relocate moose from Parleys Canyon to an area 5 miles east, where they would be less hazardous to traffic on Interstate Highway 80. According to the pilot's son and rescuers, the pilot was in the left front seat, the net gunner was in the right front seat, and the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources employee was in the right rear seat. An animal net capturing device was installed in the left front skid. He said the crew had transferred four moose to the staging area that morning. The helicopter landed and the crew had lunch, and then the pilot gave a brief interview to a local television station. They departed the staging area and returned to the reservoir, where the pilot's son disembarked. He watched as the crew attempted to herd a moose off the frozen Mountain Dell Reservoir and back towards the shoreline. When they had done so, th
Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate visual lookout, resulting in an inflight collision with powerlines. Contributing factors were the fog and the powerlines.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
