- Date
- October 16, 1964
- Place
- Crown King, AZ · CROWN KING, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9340FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 184145
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0781 64/10/16 CROWN KING ARIZ HUGHES 269B CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N9340F PX- 1 1 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 33, 4809 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 581 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9340F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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