# NTSB Accident LAX06LA015
> **Hughes 369D** · 2005-10-19 · Avalon, CA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX06LA015
- **Event ID:** 20051028X01753
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2005-10-19
- **Location:** Avalon, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.460277, -118.521385
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369D
- **Registration:** N268ST
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the pilot's failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout and obstacle clearance altitude, which resulted in a collision with power lines.  Factors in the accident were the position of the sun relative to the helicopter's flight path, which lessoned the visual acuity of the pilot, and, the pilot's intentional low altitude flight.

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