LAX71DUG40

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Yucca Vly, CA · January 27, 1971

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
January 27, 1971
Place
Yucca Vly, CA · YUCCA VLY, CA
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8128SCessna 150
Status
Completed · report November 4, 1971
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
160056

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0285  71/1/27    YUCCA VLY,CALIF     CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 22, 24 TOTAL
        TIME - 1400                    N8128S              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YUCCA VALLEY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN DIEGO                   TWENTYNINE PALMS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED WRONG RUNWAY RELATIVE TO EXISTING WIND
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED AT WRONG AIRPORT
        REMARKS- WIND GUSTY.

Aircraft

Registration
N8128S
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Yucca Valley

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