LAX70S0002

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC-9 · Los Angeles, CA · October 17, 1969

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
October 17, 1969
Place
Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N9330Douglas DC-9
Status
Completed · report May 12, 1970
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
147838

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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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4-0047  69/10/17 NR.LOS ANGELES,CALIF  DOUGLAS DC-9        CR-  0  0  2  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9330               PX-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - HUGHES AIRWEST
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LAS VEGAS,NEV               LOS ANGELES,CALIF            SANTA ANA,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- UPPER SURFACE OF TRAILING EDGE OF L WG CRACKED. LANDED OK. TOTAL CREW AND PX ABD UNREPORTED.

Aircraft

Registration
N9330
Reported as
Douglas DC-9
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage

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.