THE DTSB
Pending. The helicopter is reported to have struck an object or some kind during hover while above and alongside a power distribution line.
C-FITAQP: 7a) TERRAIN COLLISION – POWERLINES
Hughes 369D | N161LA
- DTSB analysis published
Key facts
- DateDecember 5, 2025
- Local time8:55 AM
- LightDay
- WeatherVMC
- Phase of flightManeuvering
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
- AirportH71
- NTSB numberWPR26FA054
- NTSB statusUnder investigation
Accident Location
- City, State
- Locust Grove, Oklahoma
- Latitude
- 36.221413
- Longitude
- -95.251628
- Airport ID
- H71
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N161LA
- Make
- Hughes
- Model
- 369D
- Category / Class
- Helicopter
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Tsikoudakis, Emanuele
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Certification
- Commercial Pilot
- IFR rating
- Yes
- Medical
- 2nd Class Medical
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- VMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 1
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 1
- NTSB number
- WPR26FA054
- NTSB travel
- Yes
- AQP category
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Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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