# Accident 20130808016089A: Cessna 150L, Key Largo, FL, August 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2013, 17:20 local time
- Place: Key Largo, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.1226° N, 80.4116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Key Largo, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.1226&lon=-80.4116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6569G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6569G-2018-03-28) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130808016089A

## Narrative

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

PILOT OF N6569G REPORTED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT THE NEAREST AIRPORT.  THE CONTROLLER INSTRUCTED THE PILOT THAT HOMESTEAD GENERAL WOULD BE THE CLOSEST AIRPORT AT 19 NM, BUT THE PILOT ADVISED HE DID NOT WANT TO FLY ACROSS THE EVERGLADES, OCEAN REEF (07FA) WAS THE NEXT CLOSEST AIRPORT.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO TRY AND FLY TO 07FA.  THE PILOT OF AN AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT, N305KW, OFFERED TO ASSIST AND WAS DIRECTED TO FOLLOW N6569G TO 07FA.  N6569G WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT.  APPROXIMATLEY 4NM SW OF 07FA, THE PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WATER.  N305KW PICKED UP THE PILOT AND FLEW HIM TO MIA.  07FA AIRPORT MANAGER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ON THE PHONE AND WERE AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND CALLED THE COAST GUARD TO THE SCENE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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