Incident · 1987-10-09

NTSB case LAX88IA009 · MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 · Part 121

What the record says

Event date: 1987-10-09
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: No injuries
Aircraft: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS DC-9-82 (N413AA)
Operating rule: Part 121
Operator: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. — Flag carrier (121) Operator Does Business As: AMERICAN AIRLINES

Probable cause

FAILURE OF THE GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT TO VISUALLY IDENTIFY THE TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. FACTURES CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE GENERAL AVIAITON AIRCRAFT TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATIONS WITH ATC PRIOR TO ENTERING THE ARSA AND MAINTAINING A POOR LOOKOUT.

Source: NTSB case LAX88IA009

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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