# NTSB MIA68D0101: Cessna 150, N5903T, Rockford, AL, June 12, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 12, 1967
- Place: Rockford, AL · ROCKFORD, AL
- Location: 32.8969° N, 86.2084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8969&lon=-86.2084&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116697
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68D0101
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68D0101

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1931  67/6/12    ROCKFORD, ALA       CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 18, 58 TOTAL
        TIME - 1030                    N5903T              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  LOW ON FUEL
        REMARKS- PLT TRIED TO LAND ON HIGHWAY. UNABLE TO LOCATE INTENDED DESTINATION.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5903T (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- 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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