# NTSB Accident LAX89LA152
> **HUGHES 269B** · 1989-04-08 · LONG BEACH, CA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX89LA152
- **Event ID:** 20001213X28119
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1989-04-08
- **Location:** LONG BEACH, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.820648, -118.110778
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 3
## Aircraft
- **Make:** HUGHES
- **Model:** 269B
- **Registration:** N9456F
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH LED TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND SUBSEQUENT FUEL EXHAUSTION.  THE PILOT'S LACK OF FLIGHT TIME IN THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF HELICOPTER WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A FACTOR.

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