# NTSB LAX69A0005: Beech A35, N8450A, Phoenix, AZ, July 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 8, 1968
- Place: Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0005
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0005

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3180   68/7/8    PHOENIX,ARIZ        BEECH A35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1500
        TIME - 0802                    N8450A              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 700 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PHOENIX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- LNDG BEHIND LARGE JET.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8450A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8450A-1970-09-03), registration cancelled 1970-09-03, S/N D-1868 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A35
- Registry model: [Beech A35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a35) (registry code 1151504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Phoenix

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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