LAX77IA056

NTSB incident investigation · Douglas DC-7C · Long Beach, CA · July 8, 1977

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
July 8, 1977
Place
Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N75000Douglas DC-7C
Status
Completed · report July 13, 1977
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
145535

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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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5-0015   77/7/8  NR.LONG BEACH,CA      DOUGLAS DC-7C       CR-  0  0  4  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2043                    N75000              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     54, 27000 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            5000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HONOLULU,HI                LONG BEACH,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION
        REMARKS- PILOT INCAPACITATION FOR 30 MIN FRM UNKNOWN CAUSE(S).

Aircraft

Registration
N75000
Reported as
Douglas DC-7C
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.