# Accident 19740128003829A: Cessna A150L, Melbourne, FL, January 28, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 1974
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- 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: N5930J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5930J-1974-04-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A150L (registry code 2071828, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 98 total, 98 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74AM063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740128003829A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD SPIN INTO OCEAN NOT RCVRD.PLT PARACHUTED DRAGGED ACROSS WAVES WIND FILLED CHUTE-DROWNED

## 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 MIA74AM063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM063), Jan 28, 1974: Cessna A150L (N5930J), Melbourne, FL, destroyed, 1 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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