Incident · 1989-05-07

NTSB case LAX89IA184 · BOEING 747 · Part 129

What the record says

Event date: 1989-05-07
Event type: Incident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: BOEING 747 (NZKNZX)
Operating rule: Part 129
Operator: AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): AIR NEW ZEALAND

Probable cause

INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOK-OUT BY THE PILOT OF THE OTHER (SMALL TWIN ENGINE) AIRCRAFT. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE INCIDENT WAS: A DELAY OF THE 747 CREW TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE OTHER AIRCRAFT.

Source: NTSB case LAX89IA184

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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