# NTSB LAX80FA139: Cessna 402C, N2615Z, San Francisco, CA, September 3, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1980
- Place: San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 18, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 127583
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FA139
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA139

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3732   80/9/3    SAN FRANCISCO,CA    CESSNA 402C         CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1213                    N2615Z              PX-  0  1  1  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      35, 4654 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        1188 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - INTERNATIONAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CHICO,CA                    SAN FRANCISCO,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        REMARKS- B-747 WAS ON STEEPER THAN NORMAL APCH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2615Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2615Z-1995-09-18), registration cancelled 1995-09-18, S/N 402C0110 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Registry model: [Cessna 402C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (registry code 207590R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage
- Airport: International

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19800903068539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800903068539I), Sep 3, 1980: Cessna 402C, San Francisco, CA, Minor damage. Passenger injured due to severe turbulence.

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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