- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Dania, FL · DANIA, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2585JCessna 150E
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171579
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0497 66/7/4 NR.DANIA FLA CESSNA 150E CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 40 TOTAL TIME - 2001 N2585J PX- 1 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 24 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT TURNED SEAWARD TOWARD DARK,HORIZONLESS,OCEAN AND ACFT ENTERED A DIVE AND STRUCK THE WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2585J
- Reported as
- Cessna 150E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2585JRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2017 · Cessna 150EAirframe modelCessna 150EEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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