Ferguson v. NTSB, 678 F. 2d 821 (9th Cir. 1982) is a landmark aviation ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down on June 2, 1982. On July 31, 1979 Lowell G. Ferguson was the captain of a Western Airlines Boeing 737-200 airliner operating as Flight 44 from Los Angeles, California, to seven locations, including Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; and Sheridan, Wyoming. Ferguson, with over 12,000 hours of flying experience, had never been found in violation of any Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs).