- Date
- March 10, 1979
- Place
- Marina Del Rey, CA · MARINA DEL REY, CA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N418SANord-Avion 262
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1979
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2479 79/3/10 MARINA DEL REY,CA NORD-AVION 262 CR- 2 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1752 N418SA PX- 1 0 3 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 43, 8500 TOTAL HOURS, 879 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CA SANTA MARIA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - PROPELLER SYSTEM: OTHER PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- LEAK OR BREAK IN R ENG PROP PRESS LINE,AUTOFEATHERED.L ENG SHUT DOWN.RESTART INFO NOT IN MANUAL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N418SA
- Reported as
- Nord-Avion 262
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Los Angeles Intl
N418SARegistration cancelled Jun 29, 1979 · Aerospatiale NORD 262AAirframe modelAerospatiale NORD 262A
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.