# NTSB ATL82FID04: Cessna 150, N19291, Chesapeake, VA, December 1, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 1, 1981
- Place: Chesapeake, VA · CHESAPEAKE, VA
- Location: 36.8190° N, 76.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chesapeake, VA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8190&lon=-76.2749&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 1982
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 123482
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82FID04
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FID04

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2966   81/12/1   CHESAPEAKE,VA       CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 35, 500
        TIME - 1615                    N19291              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH NORFOLK
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          CHESAPEAKE,VA               LOCAL                        CHESAPEAKE,VA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION
        REMARKS- IMPACTED GND 45DEG ANGLE,FULL PWR,ELEV WHEEL FWD.PLT UNDER POLICE INVEST INVOLVING MISSING PERSON.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N19291 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: South Norfolk

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19811201077019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811201077019A), Dec 1, 1981: Cessna 150, Chesapeake, VA, Destroyed. Report indicates pilot intentionally dived aircraft into ground. Witnesses said no attempt made to pull out of dive

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.

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