# NTSB LAX77FA061: Douglas DC-10, N66NA, Los Angeles, CA, July 6, 1977

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: July 6, 1977
- 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: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 75 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 28, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 146789
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX77FA061
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FA061

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1-0011   77/7/6  NR.LOS ANGELES,CA     DOUGLAS DC-10       CR-  0  0 10  SCHED DOM PASSG SRV       AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1500                    N66NA               PX-  0  1 65                            56, 24128 TOTAL HOURS, 66
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - NATIONAL AIRLINES,INC
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          NEW ORLEANS,LA              SAN DIEGO,CA                LOS ANGELES,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNCONTROLLED ALTITUDE DEVIATIONS                         IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - AUTO PILOT: OTHER
        REMARKS- PITCH COMPUTER MALF.ACFT PITCHED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N66NA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-10
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- 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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