# NTSB Accident IAD03LA011
> **Hughes 369A** · 2002-10-31 · MARIETTA, PA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** IAD03LA011
- **Event ID:** 20021119X05485
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-10-31
- **Location:** MARIETTA, PA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.121665, -76.295829
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 3
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369A
- **Registration:** N817SC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor 's misjudgment of the helicopter's height above the river.

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