# Accident 19810928066019A: Cessna 150M, Seward, AK, September 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 1981, 12:00 local time
- Place: Seward, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.1232° N, 149.3917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seward, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.1232&lon=-149.3917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9152U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9152U-1982-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 13 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810928066019A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DITCHED AIRCRAFT IN OCEAN AFTER ENGINE MALFUNCTION. CAUSE OF ENGINE PROBLEM UNDETERMINED.

## 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 ANC81DAG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG95), Sep 28, 1981: Cessna 150 (N9152U), Seward, AK, destroyed

## Other reports on N9152U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19781027027499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781027027499I), Oct 27, 1978: Cessna 150 (N9152U), Eureka, AK, Minor damage. Instructor pilot executing soft field takeoff from rough strip lost directional control. Ended in a snowbank.

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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