- Date
- February 8, 1980
- Place
- Saugus, CA · SAUGUS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 16 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N420SANord-Avion 262
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800208028729I
- Case key
- 131769
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0187 80/2/8 NR.SAUGUS,CA NORD-AVION 262 CR- 0 1 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2500 TIME - 0915 N420SA PX- 0 0 14 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAKERSFIELD,CA. LOS ANGELES,CA. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS PERSONNEL - FLIGHT PERSONNEL: FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT NOT FASTENED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN ON WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- FLT ATTENDANT THROWN AGAINST SEAT WHEN ACFT ENCOUNTERED DWNDFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N420SA
- Reported as
- Nord-Avion 262
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- No damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.