# NTSB LAX69F0140: Piper PA-18A, N1631A, Lompoc, CA, August 26, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1968
- Place: Lompoc, CA · LOMPOC, CA
- Location: 34.6627° N, 120.4708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lompoc, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6627&lon=-120.4708&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69F0140
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69F0140

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3420  68/8/26    LOMPOC,CALIF        PIPER PA-18A        CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 1760
        TIME - 0715                    N1631A              PX-  0  0  0  AERIAL APPLICATION        TOTAL HOURS, 1048 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1631A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1631A-1970-07-27), registration cancelled 1970-07-27, S/N 18-1274 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-18A
- Registry model: [Piper PA-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-18a) (registry code 7101804) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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