ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 9798
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1964 |
| Time: | 13:55 |
| Type: |  Hughes 269B |
| Owner/operator: | Page Airways Inc opf. New York City Police |
| Registration: | N9348F |
| MSN: | 44-0064 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Rochester, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Rochester, NY |
| Rochester, NY | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
N9348F entered a power settling condition with in sufficient altitude for recovery. Stalled and smashed into three-story house and set it on fire while surveying potential trouble-spot. Two of the three persons on board sustained fatal injuries: Surviving county official critically injured. According to the NTSB report into the accident:
"PROBABLE CAUSE(S): PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS. IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT IN COMMAND: ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT"
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: Unknown at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=79437&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=9348F
3. http://www.griffin-helicopters.co.uk/accidentdetails.aspx?accidentkey=13030
4. Toledo Blade 27.7.1964, p.1
5. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/07/19/roberta-abbott-buckle-rochester-riots/12855941/?from=new-cookie
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Rochester_race_riot#Aftermath
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Apr-2013 17:51 | TB | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Aug-2016 12:28 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-May-2023 04:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Time, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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