Incident Overview
Date: Friday 13 September 1968
Aircraft Type: Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander
Owner/operator: Eversharp
Registration Number: N148E
Location: near Hollywood-Burbank Airport, CA (BUR) –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: AirplaneAirplane
Investigating Agency: NTSBNTSB
Category: Accident
A Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander corporate jet crashed while on approach to Hollywood-Burbank Airport, CA (BUR), resulting in the deaths of both pilots and a passenger fatality. The aircraft lost control due to wake vortices caused by a preceding aircraft, leading to a collision with power lines and structural damage.A Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander corporate jet crashed while on approach to Hollywood-Burbank Airport, CA (BUR), resulting in the deaths of both pilots and a passenger fatality. The aircraft lost control due to wake vortices caused by a preceding aircraft, leading to a collision with power lines and structural damage.
Description
A Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander corporate jet, registered N148E, was destroyed when it crashed while on approach to Hollywood-Burbank Airport, CA (BUR). Both pilots were killed and a woman in a car was killed when the car was struck by debris. The airplane departed Santa Monica Airport, CA (SMO) on a short 30-mile positioning flight to Burbank to pick up three vice-presidents of the Technicolor company. The crew lost control of the airplane after entering wake vortices of a preceding aircraft (separation approx. 3 min 15 seconds). The jet struck power lines, contacted a building and broke up. PROBABLE CAUSE: “miscellaneous – vortex turbulence”
Primary Cause
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