Date: 17 February 1981
Airline: Air California
Flight No.: 336
Aircraft: B737-200
Location: Santa Ana, CA
Fatalities: 0:110
Photographer: Steven J. Hoskins
The aircraft crash-landed after
touching down with the landing gear unlocked. The pilot was instructed to
go around by the tower, after which he applied power and retracted the landing
gear. The fuel governors on the JT8D engines slowed the engine spoolup due
to the hot air temperature that day, and the aircraft sunk on to the runway
while the landing gear was retracting.
