# Accident 19761229042542A: Dhav DHC6*, Los Angeles, CA, December 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1976
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 33.9425° N, 118.4080° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS ANGELES INTL (LAX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9425&lon=-118.4080&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66180, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66180-1988-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-6 TWIN OTTER (registry code 2802606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-6-twin-otter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC6*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761229042542A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

N66180 TAXIING TO MAINT HANGAR.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N66191, Dhav DHC6*: [Accident 19761229042541A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761229042541A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 LAX77FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA017), Dec 29, 1976: Dehavilland DHC-6 (N66180), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N66180 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19801208085629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801208085629I), Dec 8, 1980: Dhav DHC6TWNOTTER (N66180), Los Angeles, CA. After takeoff crew was unable to get left rudder trim static wick had rotated down, jamming rudder trim tab.
- [Incident 19780213006479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780213006479I), Feb 13, 1978: Dhav DHC6/ (N66180), Los Angeles, CA. Engine shut down due to low oil pressure. Dip stick found to be missing.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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