# Incident 19801231090259I: Boeing 737293, Santa Monica, CA, December 31, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1980, 19:10 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: ACLA
- Location: 34.0109° N, 118.4982° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Monica, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0109&lon=-118.4982&mi=10
- Aircraft: N461GB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N461GB-1996-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-293 (registry code 138448Y, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-293) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737293
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,700 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801231090259I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DESCENDED BELOW ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N461GB (2)

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

- [Incident 19881110061529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881110061529I), Nov 10, 1988: Boeing 737293 (N461GB), Eugene, OR. Severe empenage vibration. Diverted to Eugene. Yaw damper coupler failed causing rudder to vibrate.
- [Incident 19790807029589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807029589I), Aug 7, 1979: Boeing 737293 (N461GB), Santa Ana, CA. Ze zg zk loud bang from #2 engine followed by fire warning on rejected takeoff roll. Engine failure.

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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