# NTSB LAX80FA073: Canadair CL600, Calif. City, CA, April 3, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 3, 1980
- Place: Calif. City, CA · CALIF. CITY, CA
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 14, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131614
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA073
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA073

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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E-0014   80/4/3  NR.CALIF. CITY,CA     CANADAIR CL600      CR-  1  1  1  MISCELLANEOUS             AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0910                    C-GCGR-X            PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      52, 7782 TOTAL HOURS, 468
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MOJAVE,CA                   LCL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ANGLE OF ATTACK INDICATOR
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: SEALS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED
           SYSTEMS - OTHER SYSTEMS: OTHER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- BNG PNS5632RHH5P28102.UNKN FAILURE IN EMERGENCY CHUTE JETTISON SYSTEM.AC SEAT FOR CREW ONLY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GCGR-X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CANADAIR CL600
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed

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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