# Accident 19861103054329A: Cessna 150J, Memphis, TN, November 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1986, 18:00 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: General Dewitt Spain
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2007° N, 90.0540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GENERAL DEWITT SPAIN (M01), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2007&lon=-90.0540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50736 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL87LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861103054329A

## Narrative

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

APPEARS PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN FOG AND CRASHED INTO MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AIRCRAFT FOUND 7 MONTHS LATER.

## 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 ATL87LA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL87LA148), Nov 4, 1986: Cessna 150J (N50736), Memphis, TN, 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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