# NTSB LAX77FA059: Lockheed 188C, N171PS, Glendale, CA, July 22, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: July 22, 1977
- Place: Glendale, CA · GLENDALE, CA
- Location: 34.1814° N, 118.2458° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glendale, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1814&lon=-118.2458&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 12 minor, 88 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146794
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX77FA059
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA059

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0017  77/7/22  NR.GLENDALE,CA        LOCKHEED 188C       CR-  0  2  3  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1145                    N171PS              PX-  0  0 97                            UNK/NR, 6780 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            85 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - PACIFIC SOUTHWEST
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          LAKE TAHOE,CA               LOS ANGELES,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           EVASIVE MANEUVER                                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-SAW OTR ACFT TOO LATE TO AVOID MANEUVER
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT
           MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION
        REMARKS- EVADING C-150,N19095,WHICH HAD TRANSPONDER OFF.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N171PS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 188C
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: 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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