British BAE 146-200A N141AC

Summary

On 14 February 1989 at about 03:08 local time, a British BAE 146-200A registered N141AC, operated by American Airlines, was involved in an incident near Los Alamitos, California, United States. 70 people were on board and nobody was injured. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

14 February 1989 at 03:08

Classification

Incident

Location

Los Alamitos, California, United States

Coordinates

33.7898, -118.0595

Aircraft

British BAE 146-200A

Registration

N141AC

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

American Airlines

Operating rule

Part 121: Air Carrier

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Jose → Ontario

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX89IA112

Nobody was injured.

INADEQUATE COORDINATION AMONG THE ATC CONTROLLERS WHICH RESULTED IN THEIR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE RADAR SEPARATION OF THE TWO AIRCRAFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DUE TO FAILURE OF RWY LIGHTS AT THE DESTN (JOHN WAYNE ARPT) AMERICAN AIRLINE FLT 1262 (BAE-146) DIVERTED TO ONTARIO, CA. WHILE EN ROUTE, IT CONVERGED WITH BRITISH AIRWAYS FLT 282 (BOEING 747), WHICH WAS CLIMBING FROM THE LOS ANGELES INTL ARPT ON A FLT TO LONDON, ENGLAND. SUBSEQUENTLY, AN OPNL ERROR OCCURRED WHEN THE ACFT PASSED WITH A HORIZONTAL SEPN OF ABOUT 1.9 MI AT THE SAME ALT. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT AFTER COAST TRACON RCVD CONTROL OF FLT 1262 FROM LOS ANGELES CENTER. FLT 1262 WAS CLEARED INTO THE AIRSPACE OF LOS ANGELES TRACON WITHOUT PROPER COORDINATION AMONG THE 3 ATC CONTROL FACILITIES. SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS INCOMPLETE AND MISUNDERSTOOD COORDINATION BETWEEN CTLRS AT LOS ANGELES CENTER AND COAST TRACON; THE HARBOR SECTOR RADAR AND HANDOFF CTLRS AT COAST TRACON FAILED TO COMPLY WITH PROVISIONS OF LTR OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN COAST TRACON AND AJACENT FACILITIES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.