# NTSB LAX68D0285: Cessna 172, N8256L, El Centro, CA, January 14, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 14, 1968
- Place: El Centro, CA · EL CENTRO, CA
- Location: 32.7864° N, 115.5602° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Centro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7864&lon=-115.5602&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 4, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112192
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68D0285
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68D0285

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0052  68/1/14     EL CENTRO,CALIF     CESSNA 172         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 27, 180
        TIME - 1000                    N8256L              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AGUA CALIENTE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        REMARKS- STRUCK UNKNOWN OBJECT. CONTINUED FLT TO HOME BASE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8256L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Agua Caliente

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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