# NTSB LAX68A0070: Piper PA-32, N4002R, Studio City, CA, January 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 19, 1968
- Place: Studio City, CA · STUDIO CITY, CA
- Location: 34.1486° N, 118.3965° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Studio City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1486&lon=-118.3965&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 5 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 111763
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68A0070
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68A0070

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1758  68/1/19    STUDIO CITY,CALIF   PIPER PA-32         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1650                    N4002R              PX-  0  5  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 24, 336 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            13 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD BURBANK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4002R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4002R-1968-04-24), registration cancelled 1968-04-24, S/N 32-40288, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hollywood Burbank

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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