# Incident 19800208028729I: Aerosp 262ANORD, Los Angeles, CA, February 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: SWTA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N420SA-1983-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nord 262A-14 (registry code 6380514, https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-262a-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSP 262ANORD
- People aboard: 14
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800208028729I

## Narrative

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

EXPERIENCED TURBULENCE ON DESCENT. FLIGHT ATTENDANT INJURED. CREW UNAWARE OF SIGMET CHARLIE 1 CAT WARNING.

## 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 LAX80DA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DA047), Feb 8, 1980: Nord-Avion 262 (N420SA), Saugus, CA, no damage

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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