# Accident 19940507010299A: Cessna 150M, Port Saint Joe, FL, May 7, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1994, 18:00 local time
- Place: Port Saint Joe, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8393° N, 85.2997° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8393&lon=-85.2997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704LZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704LZ-1997-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 660 total, 200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA94LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA132) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940507010299A

## Narrative

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

DIVED OVER A BEACHED BOAT. BEGAN CLIMBING TURN FULL FLAPS. STALLED. COLLIDED WITH SAND DUNE. NOSED OVER AND BURNED.

## 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 MIA94LA132](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA94LA132), May 7, 1994: Cessna 150 (N704LZ), Port Saint Joe, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED RESULTING IN AN INADVERTENT STALL. THE LOW ALTITUDE AT THE TIME OF THE STALL WAS A FACTOR.

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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