# NTSB LAX93T#A08: Hughes 369D, N50218, La Jolla, CA, June 1, 1993

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1993, 17:00 local (Jun 1, 1993, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: La Jolla, CA
- Location: 32.8473° N, 117.2742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of La Jolla, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8473&lon=-117.2742&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Completed
- NTSB case key (mKey): 28498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX93T#A08
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/28498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93T%23A08

## Aircraft

- Registration: N50218 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 610991D
- Airframe hours: 7252
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Public aircraft, Part 91
- Registered owner: San Diego County Sheriff
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 28, 1993, 11 hours before
- Departed: SAN DIEGO, CA
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 70 °F

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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