# NTSB LAX68I0112: Boeing 727, N972PS, Los Angeles, CA, June 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 23, 1968
- 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: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 84 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109689
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68I0112
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68I0112

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0012  68/6/23    LOS ANGELES,CALIF   BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  6  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1252                    N972PS              PX-  0  0 78  SCHED PASSG SRV           45, 17500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            1541 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        REMARKS- LFT GR TORQUE TUBE ASSY FAILED,GR DOOR JAMMED GR.HIGH SPEED RUN FREED GR,LANDED AT SAN DIEGO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N972PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor 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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