- Date
- August 11, 1987, 19:00 local (Aug 12, 1987, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N754UABoeing 737
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25439
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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.
Analysis
The plts of a Boeing 737 reported that a near-collision occurred aprx 2.5 miles east of the Santa Monica VOR while they were descending through an altitude of about 7400 ft MSL. The coplt saw the other acft first & took immediate evasive action. He estimated they passed the unidentified acft with aprx 100 ft separation. The other acft was not visually observed by the air traffic controller prior to the incident. The incident occurred outside the los angeles tca where encoding altimeters were not required.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N754UA
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 19707
- Engine
- P&W JT8D, 14,500 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- First Security Bank Of Utah
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SFO · San Francisco, CA
- Destination
- LAX · Los Angeles, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAX