# Accident 19910223003399A: Cessna 150L, Everglades, FL, February 23, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1991, 20:30 local time
- Place: Everglades, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.8578° N, 81.3865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everglades, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.8578&lon=-81.3865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1469Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1469Q-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA91LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910223003399A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ON NIGHT CROSSCOUNTRY FLEW INTO CLOUD,GOT VERTIGO  AND IMPACTED IN EVERGLADES.

## 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 MIA91LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA91LA086), Feb 24, 1991: Cessna 150L (N1469Q), Everglades City, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. FACTORS WERE: DARK NIGHT CONDITION, PENETRATION OF A CLOUD, AND SPATIAL DISORIENTATION RESULTING IN A SPIRAL.

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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