LAX67I0056

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 720B · Los Angeles, CA · December 2, 1966

IncidentClosed
Date
December 2, 1966
Place
Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N57205Boeing 720B
Status
Completed · report May 15, 1967
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
119479

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0046   66/12/2   LOS ANGELES CALIF   BOEING 720B         CR-  0  0  0  OTHER                     UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TIME - 1908                    N57205              PX-  0  0  0
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL
        OPERATOR - CONTINENTAL AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        REMARKS- CREW AND PAX DEPLANED 30 MINS PRIOR TO INCIDENT.NOT AN ACCIDENT BY REPORTING CRITERIA.

Aircraft

Registration
N57205
Reported as
Boeing 720B
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Los Angeles Intl

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.