# NTSB UNK64X2401: Hughes 269B, N9324F, Coon Rapids, MN, June 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 20, 1964
- Place: Coon Rapids, MN · COON RAPIDS, MN
- Location: 45.1764° N, 93.3115° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coon Rapids, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1764&lon=-93.3115&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 183504
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X2401
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X2401

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0212  64/6/20    COON RAPIDS MINN    HUGHES 269B         CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 5310
        TIME - 1800                    N9324F              PX-  2  0  0  OTHER                     TOTAL HOURS, 122 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9324F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9324F-1971-01-04), registration cancelled 1971-01-04, S/N 0026 (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: Destroyed

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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