- Date
- July 26, 1964
- Place
- Rocheste, NY · ROCHESTE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9348FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182566
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0469 64/7/26 ROCHESTER NY HUGHES 269B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1355 N9348F PX- 1 1 0 OTHER AGE 44, 9500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- N9348F ENTERED A POWER SETTLING CONDITION WITH IN SUFFICIENT ALTITUDE FOR RECOVERY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9348F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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