Plane Crash List

Boeing 727-224 N88704

26 February 1987 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 February 1987 at about 03:38 local time, a Boeing 727-224 registered N88704 was involved in an accident near Los Angeles, California, United States. 92 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 03:38
Classification
Accident
Location
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nearest airport
Los Angeles Intl (LAX)
Coordinates
33.9507, -118.3994
Aircraft
Boeing 727-224
Registration
N88704
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Unknown → Houston
Aircraft damage
Not recorded
Weather
VMC
Light
Night/Dark
NTSB number
LAX87MA125

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
92 0 0 0 92

Probable cause

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

AFTER A NGT LNDG ON NORTH SIDE OF LOS ANGELES INTL ARPT, CESSNA 310, N98834, WAS TAXIED SOUTH (S) TO DELTA CARGO AREA. BFR RCHG S RWYS (25L & 25R), THE PLT STOPPED SHORT OF KILO RAMP BHND ANOTHER ACFT (N61C) & CONTACTED S GND CTLR (GC-1). HE WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT. CONT FLT 866 (BOEING 727, N88704) ADZD S LCL CTLR (LC-1) HE WAS READY FOR TKOF (ON RWY 25R). LC-1 WAS AWARE N98823 & N61C WERE WAITING TO CROSS S RWYS & GRANTED APPROVAL FOR GC-1 TO CLR THEM ACROSS 25R. GC-1 CLRD THEM ACROSS 25R & TOLD THEM TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 25L. APRX 32 SEC LATER, LC-1 CLRD FLT 866 FOR TKOF. LATER HE SAID HE HAD SCANNED THE RWY & SAW WHAT HE PERCEIVED AS 2 ACFT BTN THE PARALLEL RWYS. HOWEVER, N98834 WAS STILL X-ING RWY 25R AS FLT 866 BGN TKOF. THE CESSNA PLT WAS FOCUSING HIS ATTN ON THE ACFT AHEAD & DID NOT SEE FLT 866. SHORTLY AFTER FLT 866 LIFTED OFF, ITS MAIN GEAR HIT THE CESSNA'S VERTICAL STABILIZER. THE TWR CAB SUPVR WAS WORKING A NORTH CTLR'S POSITION WHILE THE CTLR WAS ON A RELIEF BREAK. LC-1 WAS INVOLVED IN OTHER OPNL ERRORS ON 12/21/85, 7/9/86 & 10/28/86.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Aircraft involved

Aircraft Registration Operator Damage
Boeing 727-224 727-224 N88704 - -
Cessna 310R 310R N98834 Lompoc Aviation, Inc. Substantial

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