# Accident 19740523020249A: Hughes 269C, Key West, FL, May 23, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1974
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Nas Key West
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 24.5651° N, 81.7755° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key West, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5651&lon=-81.7755&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9621F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9621F-1975-06-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740523020249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

TAIL BOOM STRUCK GROUND AND SEPARATED.7 SPARK PLUGS CKD,2 UNSERVICEABLE,3 BADLY WORN,2 OK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA74AM096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM096), May 23, 1974: Hughes 269C (N9621F), Key West, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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