- Date
- June 17, 1970
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4778XCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127149
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1134 70/6/17 MIAMI,FLA CESSNA 150 CR- 1 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 24, 74 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N4778X PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOMESTEAD GENERAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIAMI,FLA MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- RECOVERY DATE-6/17/70.PLT HAD HISTORY OF MENTAL ILLNESS. ACFT STRUCK GRND IN NEAR VERTICAL DIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4778X
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Homestead General
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Other investigations on N4778X · 1
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