# NTSB FTW85LA338: Cessna 150J, N5573G, Crystal Beach, TX, August 28, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1985, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: Crystal Beach, TX
- Coordinates: 29.479124, -94.570991 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4791&lon=-94.5710&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21841
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW85LA338
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21841/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW85LA338

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTEDLY WAS DELIVERING THE ACFT TO CRYSTAL BEACH, TX, FROM ITS HOME BASE AT ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT, TX. THE PILOT REPORTEDLY CALL THE OWNER AND TOLD HIM HE HAD BENT THE ACFT UPON LANDING AT CRYSTAL BEACH. HE WAS TOLD BY THE OWNER TO WAIT AT THE ACFT AND HE (THE OWNER) WOULD BE RIGHT THERE. UPON HIS ARRIVAL, THE PLT COULD NOT BE FOUND AND HIS WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN. THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS SURROUNDING THE ACCIDENT ARE ALSO UNKNOWN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5573G](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5573G-2013-07-09), registration cancelled 2013-07-09, S/N 15071073, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150J
- Registry model: [Cessna 150J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150j) (registry code 2071820) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15071073
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glynn Griffin & Wayne Rigdon
- Departed: 20R, ORANGE, TX

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: left

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

## 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 19850828042339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850828042339A), Aug 28, 1985: Cessna 150J, Crystal Beach, TX, Substantial damage. Crashed under unknown circumstances. Pilot not located.

## Other investigations on N5573G (3)

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 FTW79DQG23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG23), Mar 26, 1979: Cessna 150 (N5573G), Sonora, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW79DQG11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DQG11), Dec 19, 1978: Cessna 150 (N5573G), Ackerly, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW73FPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW73FPD22), Mar 6, 1973: Cessna 150 (N5573G), Keller, TX, substantial damage

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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