The National Transportation Safety Board released its final report from the investigation of Harrison Ford’s plane crash on a golf course just west of Santa Monica Airport in southern California on March 5. Ford was climbing out from Runway 21 in his open cockpit Ryan ST-3KR, also known as a PT-22 Recruit, when he reported an engine failure to the tower and attempted to return to the airport on Runway 3. After realizing there was not enough altitude to reach the runway, Ford made an emergency landing on one of the fairways of the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, California, just southwest of the airport.
NTSB Releases Harrison Ford Plane Crash Accident Report
Key Takeaways:
- The NTSB determined Harrison Ford's plane crash on a golf course was caused by an engine failure due to a dislodged and rotated main metering jet in the carburetor.
- The carburetor, rebuilt 17 years prior, had no record or requirement for maintenance personnel to inspect its jets during that period.
- Ford sustained serious injuries, which the NTSB suggested might have been less severe if aftermarket shoulder harnesses had been installed with more reinforcement.
- Nobody on the ground was hurt, but the open-cockpit monoplane sustained major damage to its wings, right stabilizer, and fuselage.
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