Boeing B737-2H4 N73717

Summary

On 16 February 1982 at about 05:04 local time, a Boeing B737-2H4 registered N73717, operated by Aircal, was involved in an incident near Ontario, California, United States. 119 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 February 1982 at 05:04

Classification

Incident

Location

Ontario, California, United States

Nearest airport

Ontario International (ONT)

Coordinates

34.0207, -117.5808

Aircraft

Boeing B737-2H4

Registration

N73717

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Aircal

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Oakland → McCollum

Aircraft damage

Minor

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX82IA075

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

BECAUSE THE GLIDE SLOPE HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE, AIR CAL FLIGHT 754 WAS VECTORED BY THE ONTARIO TRACON 'N' CONTROLLER FOR A LOCALIZER ONLY APPROACH TO RUNWAY 26L. THE FIRST OFFICER STATED HE DESCENDED TO 1,200 FT AFTER PASSING THE FAF/OM. THE CAPTAIN THEN TOLD HIM TO HOLD HIS ALTITUDE BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION OF BAKES INTERSECTION(1,500 FT MSL MUST BE MAINTAINED UNTIL PASSING BAKES). SHORTLY AFTER THIS THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A POWERLINE ABOUT 3 MILES FROM THE APPROACH END OF 26L AND 1.7 MILES BEFORE REACHING BAKES. THE CREW THEN PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH AND DIVERTED TO LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL WHERE THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO RUN OFF THE RUNWAY DUE TO LOSS OF EFFECTIVE BRAKING AND REVERSE THRUST. CONTROLLERS HANDLING THE FLIGHT STATED THEY SAW A MINIMUM SAFE ALTITUDE WARNING (MSAW) FOR THE FLIGHT JUST PRIOR TO AIR CAL BUT DID NOT SEE OR HEAR AN ALERT FOR FLIGHT 754. INFORMATION ON THE CONTINUOUS DISC RECORDING SHOWED THAT AN MSAW WAS SOUNDED FOR BOTH AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.