# NTSB Accident CHI98LA021
> **Schweizer 269C** · 1997-10-15 · GRAND FORKS, ND, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI98LA021
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08979
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-10-15
- **Location:** GRAND FORKS, ND, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.90961, -97.070228
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Schweizer
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N557DC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in a low fuel state, and his inability to see the wire which the helicopter contacted.  Factors associated to the accident were the precautionary landing, the dark night conditions, and the wire which was contacted.

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