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 concluded Harrison Ford's 2015 plane crash was caused by a dislodged and rotated main metering jet in the carburetor, leading to a fuel-air mixture too rich for the engine to operate.
- The carburetor had been rebuilt 17 years prior to the accident, with no record or requirement for maintenance personnel to inspect its jets during that period.
- Ford sustained serious injuries, which the NTSB indicated might have been less severe if aftermarket shoulder harnesses had been installed with more reinforcement.
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