# NTSB LAX79DUK06: Cessna 150, N3196X, Sunflower, AZ, August 13, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 13, 1979
- Place: Sunflower, AZ · SUNFLOWER, AZ
- Location: 33.8642° N, 111.4676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunflower, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8642&lon=-111.4676&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 23, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134745
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79DUK06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUK06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2059  79/8/13    SUNFLOWER,AZ        CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 325
        TIME - 1630                    N3196X              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SUNFLOWER,AZ                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        FACTOR(S)
           TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
           TERRAIN - LOOSE GRAVEL
        REMARKS- T.WING STRUCK MESQUITE TREE DURING TAKE OFF RUN ON GRAVEL ROAD.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3196X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3196X), registered now, S/N 15064596 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (registry code 2071816) (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

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790813026439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790813026439A), Aug 13, 1979: Cessna 150, Sunflower, AZ, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to takeoff from a road. Hit a tree.

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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