# NTSB LAX69A0033: Piper PA-24, N6445P, Glen Avon, CA, December 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1968
- Place: Glen Avon, CA · GLEN AVON, CA
- Location: 34.0117° N, 117.4848° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Glen Avon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0117&lon=-117.4848&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 17, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191945
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0033
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0033

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4639  68/12/19   GLEN AVON,CALIF     PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 294
        TIME - 0040                    N6445P              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FLABOB
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- ACFT OBSERVED IMPACTING GRND IN STEEP NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.07 PCT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6445P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6445P-1969-02-11), registration cancelled 1969-02-11, S/N 24-1559 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (registry code 7102404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Flabob

## Other investigations on N6445P (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX68D0327](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0327), Jan 21, 1968: Piper PA-24 (N6445P), San Brnadno, CA, substantial damage

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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