# NTSB MIA67A0001: Cessna 150E, N2585J, Dania, FL, July 4, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1966
- Place: Dania, FL · DANIA, FL
- Location: 26.0543° N, 80.1647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dania Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0543&lon=-80.1647&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 31, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171579
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0001

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2585J-2017-10-28), registration cancelled 2017-10-28, S/N 15061085, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150E
- Registry model: [Cessna 150E](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (registry code 2071812) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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