# Incident 19900823045349I: Israel 1124A, Santa Monica, CA, August 23, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1990, 13:45 local time
- Place: Santa Monica, CA
- Airport: Santa Monica Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0158° N, 118.4513° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA MONICA MUNI (SMO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0158&lon=-118.4513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N445BL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N445BL-1993-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Israel Aircraft Industries 1124A (registry code 4500103, https://openairdocs.org/model/israel-aircraft-industries-1124a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ISRAEL 1124A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900823045349I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE COULD NOT TRANSMIT DUE TO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. CLIMBED ABOVE ASSIGNED ALTITUDE.

## Other reports on N445BL (1)

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

- [Accident 19910501013879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910501013879A), May 1, 1991: Israel 1124A (N445BL), Oxford, CT, Substantial damage. Made hard landing. Impact drove struts upward through wings. Collapsed right main gear. Flaps were up at zero degrees.

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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