34.0522° N, 118.2437° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 30, 1979 · 16:00 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
PAA
Aircraft
NR234
Reported as
Boeing 747*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Captain went to the lavatory, did not return. Found in the lavatory, could not be revived.
As the FAA filed it
CAPTAIN WENT TO THE LAVATORY, DID NOT RETURN. FOUND IN THE LAVATORY, COULD NOT BE REVIVED.