# NTSB LAX81DUJ82: Cessna 150M, N714SJ, Pearce, AZ, August 3, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 3, 1981
- Place: Pearce, AZ · PEARCE, AZ
- Location: 31.9051° N, 109.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pearce, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9051&lon=-109.8206&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 9, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 124473
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX81DUJ82
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DUJ82

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2266   81/8/3    PEARCE,AZ           CESSNA 150M         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 54,
        TIME - 0830                    N714SJ              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNSITES AIRSTRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PEARCE,AZ                   LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE
        REMARKS- ENCTRD WTR AT LOW SPOT ON STRIP NR APCH END,THEN VEERED RGT & HIT MESQUITE BUSH.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N714SJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N714SJ-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 15079395, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (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: Sunsites Airstrip

## 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 19810803050589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810803050589A), Aug 3, 1981: Cessna 150M, Pearce, AZ, Substantial damage. Lost control during last part of landing roll. Veered off runway into mesquite. No current student permit.

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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