# NTSB LAX70DUG18: Cessna 150, N4259U, Murrieta, CA, March 15, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 15, 1970
- Place: Murrieta, CA · MURRIETA, CA
- Location: 33.5539° N, 117.2139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Murrieta, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5539&lon=-117.2139&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 17, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 135968
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70DUG18
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70DUG18

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0878  70/3/15    MURRIETA,CALIF      CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 18, 77 TOTAL
        TIME - 1500                    N4259U              PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - THOMPSON FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ONTARIO INTL ARPT           MURRIETA,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4259U](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4259U-2013-10-23), registration cancelled 2013-10-23, S/N 15060259 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (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: Thompson 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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