# NTSB Accident CHI04CA020
> **Shapowal Rotorway Exec 90** · 2003-10-24 · Cushing, MN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI04CA020
- **Event ID:** 20040319X00349
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-10-24
- **Location:** Cushing, MN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 46.221111, -94.64083
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Shapowal
- **Model:** Rotorway Exec 90
- **Registration:** N442DS
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Selection of an unsuitable landing area by the pilot due to the static wire across the approach path.  Contributing factors were the pilot's disorientation, the static wire and the low light (dusk) conditions.

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