# NTSB LAX69A0014: Aero Comdr 1121A, N148E, N Hollywood, CA, September 13, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 13, 1968
- Place: N Hollywood, CA · N HOLLYWOOD, CA
- Location: 34.1722° N, 118.3790° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of North Hollywood, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1722&lon=-118.3790&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 27, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0014
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0014

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4632  68/9/13    N HOLLYWOOD,CALIF   AERO COMDR 1121A    CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 0723                    N148E               PX-  0  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 47, 11164 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            6121 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HOLLYWOOD-BURBANK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               LANDING: MISSED APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - VORTEX TURBULENCE
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- FORCED DESCENT DUE TO JET VORTICES/DOWNWASH FROM PRECEDING ACFT.ACFT SEPARATION APRX 3 MIN-15 SEC.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N148E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N148E-1969-03-27), registration cancelled 1969-03-27, S/N 22 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 1121A
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 1121](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-1121) (registry code 0142002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- 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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