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LAX85FA084

1984-12-25 · TEMECULA, California, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport 2L0

N5209A has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (BOEING 737-83N, built 2004), which was not involved in this event.

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Factual narrative

THE ACFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL POWER LOSS OF THE RT ENG DURING TAKEOFF FROM RANCHO CALIF AIRPORT & CRASHED ABOUT ONE HALF MI NORTHWEST. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, NOR WOULD IT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE AT ABOUT 40 FT AGL. HE STATED THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED A RT TURN TO AVOID A BUILDING THE ACFT SPEED 'PROBABLY' WENT BELOW VMC. EXAMINATION OF THE RT ENG FAILED TO REVEAL ANY FAILURE OF THE ROTATIONAL/MECHANICAL SYSTEM. OIL FROM AN UNKNOWN ORGIN WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR AIR SIDE. IN A PRESSURE CARBURETOR, ANY CONTAMINENTS COULD CAUSE AN IMMEDIATE POWER LOSS. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_LAX85FA084.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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