# NTSB LAX70S0002: Douglas DC-9, N9330, Los Angeles, CA, October 17, 1969

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 17, 1969
- 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: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 12, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147838
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70S0002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70S0002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9330-2013-02-06), registration cancelled 2013-02-06, S/N 47138, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-9
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-9-31](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-9-31) (registry code 3022065) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-1](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-1) (registry code 52044, turbo-jet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage

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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