# NTSB LAX62A0127: Douglas DC-6, N37503, Los Angeles, CA, December 10, 1962

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 10, 1962
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 6, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX62A0127
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX62A0127

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0063  62/12/10   LOS ANGELES,CALIF   DOUGLAS DC-6        CR-  0  0  5  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1848                    N37503              PX-  0  0  4                            40, 13847 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            2231 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL
        OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          RENO,NEV                    LOS ANGELES,CALIF            SACRAMENTO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT ENGINEER: OTHER
          PERSONNEL-FLT ENG INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GR.
        REMARKS- RAISED GR INSTEAD OF FLAPS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N37503](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37503-1976-06-14), registration cancelled 1976-06-14, S/N 42868, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6) (registry code 3021702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney DW-CA series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-dw-ca-series) (registry code 52024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Los Angeles Intl

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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