# NTSB MIA69A0085: Cessna 150B, N1103Y, Ft.Meyers Bch, FL, June 7, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 7, 1969
- Place: Ft.Meyers Bch, FL · FT.MEYERS BCH, FL
- Location: 26.4304° N, 81.9144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4304&lon=-81.9144&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 10, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 171183
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA69A0085
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69A0085

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2443   69/6/7    FT.MEYERS BCH,FLA   CESSNA 150B         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1035                    N1103Y              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 25, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FT.MEYERS BCH,FLA           FT.MEYERS BCH,FLA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL                                                    IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- CRASHED IN OCEAN AFTER STEEP PULL UP. PLTS TIME AS OF 8/29/68 WAS 1233 HRS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1103Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1103Y-1974-05-16), registration cancelled 1974-05-16, S/N 150-59503 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Registry model: [Cessna 150B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (registry code 2071806) (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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