# NTSB UNK64X3056: Hughes 269B, N9348F, Rocheste, NY, July 26, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 26, 1964
- Place: Rocheste, NY · ROCHESTE, NY
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182566
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3056

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0469  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9348F-1964-09-11), registration cancelled 1964-09-11, S/N 0064 (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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