LAX76AL045

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 727 · Los Angeles, CA · January 17, 1976

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
January 17, 1976
Place
Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
Injuries
2 serious, 1 minor, 53 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N2821WBoeing 727
Status
Completed · report February 24, 1976
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
152055

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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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1-0002  76/1/17    LOS ANGELES,CA      BOEING 727          CR-  0  0  7  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2040                    N2821W              PX-  0  2 47                            46, 11840 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-MINOR        OT-  0  0  0                            838 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LOS ANGELES INTL
        OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LOS ANGELES,CA              SACRAMENTO,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUCTIONS-MISINTERPRETED
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND CREWMAN
        REMARKS- CARGO LOADER,DRIVER UNDET,RAN INTO LOWER FUSELAGE.PAX INJ USING EMERG EXITS.ACFT PARKED AT JETWAY.

Aircraft

Registration
N2821W
Reported as
Boeing 727
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo fan
Damage
Minor damage
Airport
Los Angeles Intl

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