# NTSB LAX76AL045: Boeing 727, N2821W, Los Angeles, CA, January 17, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: January 17, 1976
- 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: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 1 minor, 53 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 152055
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX76AL045
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL045

## NTSB brief

```
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2821W-2012-08-27), registration cancelled 2012-08-27, S/N 21059, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Registry model: [Boeing 727-247](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-727-247) (registry code 138408F) (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
- Airport: Los Angeles Intl

## Other investigations on N2821W (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX78IA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78IA056), Jun 27, 1978: Boeing 727 (N2821W), Los Angeles, CA, incident, no 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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