- Date
- June 27, 1985, 15:32 local (22:32 UTC)
- Place
- Los Angeles, CA
- Injuries
- 96 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N473ACBoeing 737-247
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24562
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Hydraulic system,shutoff valve - switched off
Inattentive
Hydraulic system,seal - separation
Hydraulic system,pump - fatigue
Flt control syst,wing flap control - inoperative
Analysis
The captain stated that the 'b' hydraulic system low oil leval lamp illuminated while the acft was in cruise flt. As he completed the failure check and placed the 'b' system into standby rudder condition that provides hydraulic pressure to only the rudder, the 'a' hydraulic system failed. The flightcontinued to it's destination and when the crew was unable to lower the trailing edge flaps, due to another malfunction, landed without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N473AC
- Reported as
- Boeing 737-247
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19614
- Engine
- P&W JT80, 14,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Registered owner
- Air Cal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- LAX · Los Angeles Intl, runway 25L, 1,196 × 200 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 51
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,532 total · 4,075 in this make and model · 10,612 as pilot in command · 208 in the last 90 days · 71 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX