# Accident 20040117005259A: Cessna 150M, Venice, FL, January 17, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2004, 17:00 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0603° N, 82.4378° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0603&lon=-82.4378&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63159, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63159-2014-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA044) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040117005259A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CRASHED SOUTH OF VENICE AIRPORT IN A THICKET OF PALMETTO AND PALM TREES, AND STRUCK AN EMBANKMENT. BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE DEAD AT THE SCENE. AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED THE DAY AFTER THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

## 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 MIA04FA044](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04FA044), Jan 18, 2004: Cessna 150M (N63159), Venice, FL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The spatial disorientation of the flightcrew during the dark night and their failure to maintain control of the airplane resulting in the uncontrolled descent and in-flight collision with trees and…

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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