# NTSB LAX69A0020: Beech F35, N4226B, Los Angeles, CA, October 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 2, 1968
- Place: Los Angeles, CA · LOS ANGELES, CA
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 13, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107507
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0020
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0020

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3992   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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4226B-1969-08-08), registration cancelled 1969-08-08, S/N D-4195 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH F35
- Registry model: [Beech F35](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-f35) (registry code 1151514) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Santa Monica

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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