# NTSB LAX71DUG40: Cessna 150, N8128S, Yucca Vly, CA, January 27, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1971
- Place: Yucca Vly, CA · YUCCA VLY, CA
- Location: 34.1142° N, 116.4322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yucca Valley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1142&lon=-116.4322&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 4, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160056
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71DUG40
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DUG40

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8128S), registered now, S/N 15061728, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (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: Yucca Valley

## Other investigations on N8128S (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX69D0247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0247), Feb 8, 1969: Cessna 150 (N8128S), Lakeside, CA, 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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