LAX69A0020

NTSB accident investigation · Beech F35 · Los Angeles, CA · October 2, 1968

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
October 2, 1968
Place
Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4226BBeech F35
Status
Completed · report January 13, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
107507

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3992   68/10/2   LOS ANGELES,CALIF   BEECH F35           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 63, 51 TOTAL
        TIME - 1510                    N4226B              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA MONICA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S)                               IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PLT HAD MEDICAL HISTORY OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.FLT TIME AS OF 3/22/50.

Aircraft

Registration
N4226B
Reported as
Beech F35
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Santa Monica

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.