# NTSB UNK65X0299: Hughes 269B, N9340F, Crown King, AZ, October 16, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 16, 1964
- Place: Crown King, AZ · CROWN KING, AZ
- Location: 34.2056° N, 112.3385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crown King, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2056&lon=-112.3385&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report January 29, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0299
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0299

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9340F-1980-09-09), registration cancelled 1980-09-09, S/N 34-0052 (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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