# NTSB Accident SEA98LA063
> **Hughes 269A** · 1998-04-10 · EMMETT, ID, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA98LA063
- **Event ID:** 20001211X09959
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1998-04-10
- **Location:** EMMETT, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.979969, -116.519622
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 269A
- **Registration:** N5161E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on landing. Factors were a sudden wind shift, the instructor pilot's lack of recent experience, and terrain drop-off.

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