# Accident 19811201077019A: Cessna 150, Chesapeake, VA, December 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Airport: South Norfolk
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19291 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FID04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FID04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811201077019A

## Narrative

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

REPORT INDICATES PILOT INTENTIONALLY DIVED AIRCRAFT INTO GROUND. WITNESSES SAID NO ATTEMPT MADE TO PULL OUT OF DIVE

## 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 ATL82FID04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FID04), Dec 1, 1981: Cessna 150 (N19291), Chesapeake, VA, 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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