Statuts:
Date:	13 JAN 1969
Heure:	19:21 PST
Type/Sous-type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62
Compagnie:	Scandinavian Airlines System - SAS
Immatriculation:	LN-MOO
Numéro de série:	45822/272
Année de Fabrication:	1967
Moteurs:	4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-
Equipage:	victimes: 3 / à bord: 9
Passagers:	victimes: 12 / à bord: 36
Total:	victimes: 15 / à bord: 45
Dégats de l'appareil:	Perte Totale
Conséquences:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Lieu de l'accident:	11 km (6.9 milles) W de Los Angeles, CA [Santa Monica Bay] (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
Phase de vol:	En approche (APR)
Nature:	Transport de Passagers Nat.
Aéroport de départ:	Seattle/Tacoma International Airport, WA (SEA/KSEA), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Aéroport de destination:	Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX), Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Numéro de vol:	933

Détails:
The DC-8, named "Sverre Viking", descended into the waters of Santa Monica Bay during an ILS approach to runway 07R. The aircraft broke into three pieced after impact; only the section with the wings, forward cabin and cockpit remained afloat for 20 hours. The section sank after being towed into shallow water.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The lack of crew coordination and the inadequate monitoring of the aircraft position in space during a critical phase of an instrument approach which resulted in an unplanned descent into the water. Contributing to this unplanned descent was an apparent unsafe landing gear condition induced by the design of the landing gear indicator lights, and the omission of the minimum crossing altitude at an approach fix depicted on the approach chart."

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