# NTSB LAX68A0023: Cessna 172, N7937B, San Diego, CA, August 18, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 18, 1967
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0584  67/8/18    SAN DIEGO,CALIF     CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 26, 80 TOTAL
        TIME - 2109                    N7937B              PX-  3  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERGH FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FAILED TO USE ALL AVAILABLE RUNWAY
        REMARKS- PX INCLUDED 2 CHILDREN AGES 6 AND 8.TAKEOFF BEHIND DEPARTING JET.PLT ADVISED OF POSSIBLE WAKE TURB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7937B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7937B-1972-02-21), registration cancelled 1972-02-21, S/N 29737 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172) (registry code 2072402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Lindbergh Field

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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