Cessna 150M N66172

Summary

On 26 December 1995 at about 21:30 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N66172 was involved in an accident near Quartzsite, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 December 1995 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Quartzsite, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Ora Acres

Coordinates

33.6591, -114.2301

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N66172

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Tucson → Blythe

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX96LA081

Nobody was injured.

the failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot was on his solo long cross-country flight and became concerned when the aircraft's fuel quantity reached the 1/4 level. He observed a private airport and elected to make a precautionary landing. The aircraft landed to the south on the 2,000-foot-long dirt airstrip and touched down about 500 feet beyond the threshold. It then veered off the 75-foot-wide runway to the left, struck a 3-foot-high dirt pile and a small tree, and nosed over. The aircraft came to rest inverted on the east side of the runway, about 800 feet from the threshold. The surface wind at the nearest weather reporting point, 28 miles southwest, was from 010 degrees at 9 knots, however, the pilot reported the surface wind calm at the accident location.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.