# NTSB LAX71DUJ64: Cessna 150, N8168F, Bouse, AZ, February 20, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 20, 1971
- Place: Bouse, AZ · BOUSE, AZ
- Location: 33.9325° N, 114.0058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bouse, AZ, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9325&lon=-114.0058&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 8, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 160137
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71DUJ64
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71DUJ64

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0598  71/2/20    BOUSE,ARIZ          CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 39, 99 TOTAL
        TIME - 0800                    N8168F              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TUCSON,ARIZ                 PARKER,ARIZ
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        REMARKS- WAS ATMTG TKOF FROM DIRT RD. L GR HIT ROCK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8168F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8168F-1971-04-05), registration cancelled 1971-04-05, S/N 15064268, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N8168F (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 OAK67D0118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67D0118), Aug 3, 1966: Cessna 150 (N8168F), Millbrae, 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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