One killed in Hughes 369D helicopter accident near Pryor, Oklahoma
The NTSB accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality in the December 5 accident; the cause has not been determined.
By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:07 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a helicopter was substantially damaged near Pryor, Oklahoma, at about 2:58 p.m. local time on December 5, 2025, according to the NTSB accident record. The record lists one person aboard and one fatality, and classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight. This is a developing event and details may change.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined.
The accident record identifies the helicopter as . Aircraft registry records list as a , a single-engine turboprop helicopter with an Allison 250-C20B engine, serial number 711015D, registered in the United States. Registry records list the registered owner as Air2 LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Air2's own website describes the company as a national helicopter-assisted electric power transmission line contractor established in 1998, with a fleet of 16 helicopters, headquarters and flight operations in Pembroke, New Hampshire, and flight operations also based in Abbeville, Louisiana; some third-party business directories instead list the company in Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland.
Geographic reference data places Pryor Creek in Mayes County, Oklahoma, at a settlement terrain elevation of 630 ft, 1.9 miles SSW of Longs Airport North Airport (OK21) and 5.8 miles N of Mid America Industrial Airport (KH71). At Claremore Regional Airport (KGCM), 9.1 miles away, an observation taken three minutes from the reported time recorded wind from 210° at 9 kt, visibility 10 statute miles, an overcast ceiling at 1,000 ft and a temperature of 39°F. That is an instrument reading at a nearby field, not a statement by anyone, and not a stated cause of anything.
As a matter of record, NTSB files list four earlier cases involving the same owner of record: N5187S, a Hughes 369, at McDougal, Arkansas, on November 2, 2018 (one fatal); N362JS, an MD Helicopter Inc 369D, at Luling, Louisiana, on May 20, 2018 (one fatal); N500TN, a Hughes 369, at Peach Orchard, Missouri, on September 9, 2016; and N369RT, a , at Lee, Massachusetts, on March 10, 2009. The NTSB database, which begins in 2008, also contains 44 other cases involving the , of which 12 involved a fatality. Those records say nothing about the cause of this accident.
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Reference data
From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.
Registration
N161LA
Type
Hughes 369D — single-engine turboprop helicopter
Engines
ALLISON 250-C20B
Registered owner
Air2 LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
630 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.9 miles SSW of Longs Airport North Airport (OK21)
Corrected the bearings to the two nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data, added Air2's Abbeville, Louisiana flight operations base, and attributed the accident record to the NTSB.
Version 15 Aug 2026, 19:17
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