- Date
- January 15, 1970
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 31 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4518WBoeing 737
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79442
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0005 70/1/15 LONG BEACH,CALIF BOEING 737 CR- 0 0 6 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0805 N4518W PX- 0 0 25 UNK/NR, 6417 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 674 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- MASTER CTN WRNG LGT ON BFR V1.FULL SPEED BRAKES MAX WHEEL BRAKES NOT ACTVTD BFR REVERSE PWR USED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4518W
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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