# NTSB MIA74AM021: Cessna 150, N50143, Missing Acft, August 26, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 26, 1973
- Place: Missing Acft · MISSING ACFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 2, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 188973
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA74AM021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74AM021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2845  73/8/26    MISSING ACFT        CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             STUDENT, AGE 19, 26 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N50143              PX-  2  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VIEQUES,PR                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- INJ INDEX & DMG PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N50143](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50143-2004-02-03), registration cancelled 2004-02-03, S/N 15069086, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150h) (registry code 2071818) (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

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730826032339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730826032339A), Aug 26, 1973: Cessna 150H, Missing Acft, 2 fatal. Inj index & dmg presumed.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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