# NTSB SEA66A0023: Hughes 269B, N9426F, Enterprise, OR, September 23, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1965
- Place: Enterprise, OR · ENTERPRISE, OR
- Location: 45.4258° N, 117.2788° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Enterprise, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4258&lon=-117.2788&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176380
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA66A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA66A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0706  65/9/23    ENTERPRISE,OREG.    HUGHES 269B         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 58,
        TIME - 1700                    N9426F              PX-  0  0  0  OTHER                     UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, 100
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER
           ROLL OVER                                                TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PERSONNEL-IMPROPERLY MAINTAINED LANDING PLATFORM
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9426F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9426F-1971-10-28), registration cancelled 1971-10-28, S/N 0170 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Registry model: [Hughes 269B](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (registry code 4470502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N9426F (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 SEA68A0041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68A0041), Nov 2, 1967: Hughes 269B (N9426F), Imnaha, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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.

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