# NTSB Accident LAX00LA066
> **Hughes 369HS** · 1999-12-30 · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX00LA066
- **Event ID:** 20001212X20273
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-12-30
- **Location:** PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Hughes
- **Model:** 369HS
- **Registration:** N9162F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's decision to takeoff downwind and the subsequent failure to achieve translational lift before contact with the water.

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