Boeing 737 N4518W
15 January 1970 · Long Beach, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 15 January 1970 at about 08:05 local time, a Boeing 737 registered N4518W, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an incident during the takeoff phase of flight near Long Beach, California, United States. 31 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 08:05
- Classification
- Incident
- Location
- Long Beach, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Long Beach
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737
- Registration
- N4518W
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Western Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Z
- Aircraft damage
- None
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 4-0005
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
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
MASTER CTN WRNG LGT ON BFR V1.FULL SPEED BRAKES MAX WHEEL BRAKES NOT ACTVTD BFR REVERSE PWR USED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
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