Status:	Definitief
Datum:	17 FEB 1981
Tijd:	16:44 PST
Type:	Boeing 737-293
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	Air California
Registratie:	N468AC
Constructienummer:	20334/232
Bouwjaar:	1970-08-26 (10 years 6 months)
Aantal vlieguren:	27566
Motoren:	2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7A
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 5
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 105
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 110
Schade:	Afgeschreven
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA) (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Landing (LDG)
Soort vlucht:	Binnenlandse lijnvlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	San Jose Municipal Airport, CA (SJC/KSJC), Verenigde Staten
Vliegveld van aankomst:	Santa Ana-John Wayne International Airport, CA (SNA/KSNA), Verenigde Staten
Vluchtnummer:	336

Beschrijving:
At 16:44 PST Flight 336 took off from San Jose for a flight to Santa Ana. 48 Minutes later, the crew received a clearance for a visual approach to runway 19R. While Flight 336 approached, the controller cleared Air California Flight 931 for a runway 19R take-off. When recognising the hazard, the controller ordered Flight 336 to abort the landing and go-around and Flight 931 to abort the take-off.
Flight 931 rejected it's take-off, but Flight 336 landed with the gear retracted. The 737 left the runway surface at 900 feet past the threshold and skidded another 1170 feet before coming to rest 115 feet to the right of the centreline.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The captain’s failure to immediately initiate a go-around when instructed to do so by the tower’s air traffic controller and his subsequent failure to correctly execute the specified go-around procedure which resulted in the retraction of the landing gear after the aircraft touched down on the runway."

Bronnen:
» Flight Safety Digest July 1995(1-10)/Flight Safety Foundation
» NTSB-AAR-81-12