- Date
- January 13, 1969
- Place
- Los Angeles (Pacific Ocean) · LOS ANGELES,CALIF, PO
- Injuries
- 15 fatal, 17 serious, 13 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- LN-M00Douglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 1, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79729
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-0001 69/1/13 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 3 6 0 SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1921 LN-M00 PX- 12 11 13 50, 11135 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 900 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - SAS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP COPENHAGEN,DENMARK LOS ANGELES,CALIF SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- INADQT MONITORING OF ACFT POS DRG CRITICAL PHASE OF INST APCH RESULTED IN UNPLANNED DSCNT INTO WTR
Aircraft
- Registration
- LN-M00
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed