# NTSB LAX67I0056: Boeing 720B, N57205, Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 1966

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Closed
- Date: December 2, 1966
- 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Status: Completed, report May 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 119479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67I0056
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67I0056

## NTSB brief

```
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N57205-1976-07-08), registration cancelled 1976-07-08, S/N 18587, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 720B
- Registry model: [Boeing 720-024B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-720-024b) (registry code 1383845) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3&3B](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt3d-3-3b) (registry code 52039, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- 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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