# NTSB LAX67D0313: Cessna 172, N8166U, El Monte, CA, February 17, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 17, 1967
- Place: El Monte, CA · EL MONTE, CA
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 27, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 118995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67D0313
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67D0313

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0518  67/2/17    EL MONTE,CALIF      CESSNA 172          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 22, 172
        TIME - 1935                    N8166U              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - EL MONTE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR
        REMARKS- CHILD RAN IN FRONT OF AIRCRAFT.PILOT SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING CHILD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8166U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8166U-1971-05-16), registration cancelled 1971-05-16, S/N 17252066 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (registry code 2072414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: El Monte

## Other investigations on N8166U (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 OAK67D0276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67D0276), Mar 16, 1967: Cessna 172 (N8166U), Carmel, 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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