# NTSB LAX75IL043: Douglas DC-10, N103A, Los Angeles, CA, February 28, 1975

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 28, 1975
- 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: 142 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148662
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX75IL043
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75IL043

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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4-0001  75/2/28    LOS ANGELES,CA      DOUGLAS DC-10       CR-  0  0 14  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1320                    N103A               PX-  0  0128                            UNK/NR, 16359 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 808 IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        OPERATOR - AMERICAN AIRLINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS ANGELES,CA              CHICAGO,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: OTHER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  DOOR/PANEL OPEN
        REMARKS- UNK PERS OPERATED DOOR HANDLE BFR TKOF.R REAR PAX DOOR OPENED,SLIDE DEPLOYED.LNDD OK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N103A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-10
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: No 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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