34.0522° N, 118.2437° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 13, 1985 · 01:13 local
Place
Los Angeles, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
PWAF
Aircraft
NR423
Reported as
Boeing 737200
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.
Cleared for visual but had difficulty locating airport. Change of runway and loss of separation a result.
As the FAA filed it
CLEARED FOR VISUAL BUT HAD DIFFICULTY LOCATING AIRPORT. CHANGE OF RUNWAY AND LOSS OF SEPARATION A RESULT.