Accident · 2005-10-19

NTSB case LAX06LA015 · Hughes 369D · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2005-10-19
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: Hughes 369D (N268ST)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: Randall Bozarth Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): Randall Bozarth

Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout and obstacle clearance altitude, which resulted in a collision with power lines. Factors in the accident were the position of the sun relative to the helicopter's flight path, which lessoned the visual acuity of the pilot, and, the pilot's intentional low altitude flight.

Source: NTSB case LAX06LA015

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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