# NTSB DCA69A0012: Douglas DC-8, Los Angeles (Pacific Ocean), January 13, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 13, 1969
- Place: Los Angeles (Pacific Ocean) · LOS ANGELES,CALIF, PO
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 15 fatal, 17 serious, 13 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 1, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79729
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA69A0012
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA69A0012

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-8
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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