- Date
- February 17, 1981
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA · SANTA ANA, CA
- Injuries
- 4 serious, 29 minor, 67 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N468ACBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127114
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 81/2/17 SANTA ANA,CA BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 5 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1735 N468AC PX- 0 4 91 53, 22000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 11000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHN WAYNE OPERATOR - AIR CALIFORNIA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA SANTA ANA,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND PILOT IN COMMAND - RETRACTED GEAR PREMATURELY FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INSTRD TO GO-ARND,OTR ACFT DELAYED ON RWY.GO-ARND DELAYED APRX 12 SEC.GEAR UP BFR POS RATE OF CLB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N468AC
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- John Wayne
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