# NTSB LAX69A0019: Cessna 172, N6280E, Altadena, CA, September 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 29, 1968
- Place: Altadena, CA · ALTADENA, CA
- Location: 34.1922° N, 118.1356° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Altadena, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1922&lon=-118.1356&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 25, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192108
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0019
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0019

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4642  68/9/29    ALTADENA,CALIF      CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 337
        TIME - 2252                    N6280E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-10/6/68.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6280E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6280E-1970-06-23), registration cancelled 1970-06-23, S/N 46380 (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

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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