# Accident 19880503012689A: Cessna 150L, Kotzebue, AK, May 3, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1988, 23:55 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 67.2391° N, 161.1899° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.2391&lon=-161.1899&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6592G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6592G-1993-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC88LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880503012689A

## Narrative

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

FLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE SIDE OF SEASHORE CLIFF. PILOT HAD STATED HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF IN THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC88LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC88LA053), May 4, 1988: Cessna 150L (N6592G), Kotzebue, AK, 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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