# NTSB LAX68F0414: Stephen Akro, N3859, Sunnymead, CA, May 7, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 7, 1968
- Place: Sunnymead, CA · SUNNYMEAD, CA
- Location: 33.9400° N, 117.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunnymead, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9400&lon=-117.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 27, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 110849
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68F0414
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68F0414

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1208   68/5/7    SUNNYMEAD,CALIF     STEPHEN AKRO        CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 745
        TIME - 1740                    N3859               PX-  0  0  0  AIR SHOW/RACING           TOTAL HOURS, 118 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MARCH AFBASE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        REMARKS- PLT DISHED OUT OF LOW ALT SLOW ROLL WHILE PRACTISING FOR AIR SHOW.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3859](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3859-1971-01-04), registration cancelled 1971-01-04, S/N 001, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEPHEN AKRO
- Registry model: [Stephens Akro STANDARD](https://openairdocs.org/model/stephens-akro-standard) (registry code 056368C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: March Afbase

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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