- Date
- August 7, 1987, 20:27 local (Aug 8, 1987, 03:27 UTC)
- Place
- Newport Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N704PGCessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870807042969A
- Case key
- 25419
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
On a dark night beneath a scattered to broken marine layer of stratus clouds the plt made a low altitude pleasure flight 1/4 mi off shore. The acft entered a gradual descent, collided with the ocean and the plt drowned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N704PG
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15078761
- Airframe hours
- 3,078
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- R.I. Flying Club, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Fergus C. Lesla G. Fay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1987 · 51 hours before
- Departed
- SNA · Santa Ana, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 453 total · 20 in this make and model · 328 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.