32.7153° N, 117.1573° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles.Open in the map
Date
March 15, 1979 · 21:35 local
Place
San Diego, CA
Airport
Lindbergh
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
WAL
Aircraft
N4408W
Reported as
Boeing 737/
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,000 total4,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft made rapid pull up due to ground proximity warning. Replaced rate computer
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT MADE RAPID PULL UP DUE TO GROUND PROXIMITY WARNING. REPLACED RATE COMPUTER