# NTSB Accident WPR20CA060
> **Cessna 150** · 2020-01-04 · Twentynine Palms, CA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR20CA060
- **Event ID:** 20200107X20502
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2020-01-04
- **Location:** Twentynine Palms, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.136112, -115.944442
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 150
- **Registration:** N45069
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NITE
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's poor preflight planning, during which he failed to verify the proper procedure to activate the runway lights; his inability to locate the airport without lighting; and the airplane’s subsequent low-fuel state as he circled looking for the airport, which necessitated a precautionary off-airport landing, during which the nose landing gear separated.

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