# NTSB LAX70FUG42: Cessna 150J, N50611, Lakeview, CA, June 9, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 9, 1970
- Place: Lakeview, CA · LAKEVIEW, CA
- Location: 33.8285° N, 117.1233° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakeview, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8285&lon=-117.1233&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 29, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124717
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX70FUG42
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX70FUG42

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2504   70/6/9    LAKEVIEW,CALIF      CESSNA 150J         CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 27, 65 TOTAL
        TIME - 1335                    N50611              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          HAWTHORNE,CALIF             OCEANSIDE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
           TERRAIN - OTHER
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        REMARKS- BECAME LOST,FLYING IN CLOUDS APRX 30MIN.BROKE OUT,LNDD L SIDE TREE-LINED STREET TO AVOID CHILDREN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N50611 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: 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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