# NTSB LAX68F0266: Cessna 150, N4025U, Walnut, CA, January 2, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 2, 1968
- Place: Walnut, CA · WALNUT, CA
- Location: 34.0370° N, 117.8558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walnut, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0370&lon=-117.8558&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 23, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114957
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX68F0266
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX68F0266

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0187   68/1/2    WALNUT,CALIF        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 259
        TIME - 0715                    N4025U              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 183 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BRACKETT FIELD
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
        REMARKS- STRUCK SIGN POST LNDG ON ROAD USED AS TEMPORARY AFLD BY COLLEGE. PLT HAD NOT SURVEYED LNDG AREA.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4025U](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4025U), registered now, S/N 15061425, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Brackett Field

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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