# Accident 19731009034309A: Cessna A150K, Melbourne, FL, October 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 1973
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Cape Kennedy Regn
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5904G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5904G-1973-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150K (registry code 2071822, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 86 total, 59 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731009034309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LO LVL ACROBATICS.ACFT CRASHED OFF-SHORE,NOT RCVRD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 MIA74AM029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM029), Oct 9, 1973: Cessna 150K (N5904G), Melbourne, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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