# N58400: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: April 23, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=58400
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N58400

## Aircraft that carried N58400

- [Cancelled 2013-04-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58400-2013-04-23): Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D, S/N 1200862D, built 1980. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Ferriera Arthur S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FERRIERA%20ARTHUR%20S), [San Diego, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/San%20Diego)

## NTSB investigations on N58400 (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX94LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX94LA387), Sep 24, 1994: Hughes 369D (N58400), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), destroyed. Probable cause: failure of the helicopter's main rotor pitch change link (control rod). The helicopter was not recovered and the Safety Board was unable to determine the pitch change link's failure mode.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N58400 (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19940923038739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940923038739A), Sep 23, 1994: Hughes 369D (N58400), Pacific Ocean, CA, Destroyed. On fish spotting mission. Cylic control began vibration. Autorotated to Ocean. Yellow pitch change link came off.

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