# Accident 19780502034319A: Cessna A150K, Mantoloking, NJ, May 2, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 1978
- Place: Mantoloking, NJ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 40.0571° N, 74.0473° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mantoloking, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0571&lon=-74.0473&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18669, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18669-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A150K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 84 total, 84 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780502034319A

## Narrative

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

PIC WAS OBSERVED DOING CHANDELLE TYPE MANEUVERS AT 200-500 FT AGL

## 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 NYC78FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA047), May 2, 1978: Cessna 150 (N18669), Mantoloking, NJ, 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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