# NTSB MIA69A0024: Cessna 150, N8984S, Orangeburg, SC, October 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1968
- Place: Orangeburg, SC · ORANGEBURG, SC
- Location: 33.4936° N, 80.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orangeburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4936&lon=-80.8669&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 13, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107821
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3547  68/10/23   ORANGEBURG,SC       CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             STUDENT, AGE 33, 20 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N8984S              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGEBURG
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STOLEN OR UNAUTH=
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN SWAMP. PLT BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL 0.19 PCT. FLT WAS UNAUTHORIZED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8984S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8984S-1970-07-08), registration cancelled 1970-07-08, S/N 15062284 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Orangeburg

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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