# NTSB Accident SEA02LA024
> **Hughes 369E** · 2002-01-08 · Grand Coulee, WA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA02LA024
- **Event ID:** 20020125X00134
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-01-08
- **Location:** Grand Coulee, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 48.283332, -118.684165
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369E
- **Registration:** N369ET
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The net gunner's improper decision to fire the net gun at an angle that allowed the net to become entangled in the main rotor system.   A factor was foreign object damage to the main rotor blades.

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