# NTSB Accident LAX04LA106
> **Cox Thorpe T-18** · 2004-01-23 · Compton, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX04LA106
- **Event ID:** 20040203X00154
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2004-01-23
- **Location:** Compton, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.889999, -118.250556
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cox Thorpe
- **Model:** T-18
- **Registration:** N64EC
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

both pilots' failure to see and avoid one another that resulted in the airplane's encounter with downwash induced wake vortices from the helicopter, and the airplane pilot's subsequent loss of control.

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