# NTSB Accident DEN01LA150
> **Hughes 269C** · 2001-08-21 · Tucumcari, NM, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN01LA150
- **Event ID:** 20010827X01786
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-21
- **Location:** Tucumcari, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.155555, -104.072219
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 269C
- **Registration:** N502AA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain adequate terrain clearance.  Contributing factors were the unsuccessful low altitude flight maneuver, and the high density altitude weather conditions.

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