- Date
- September 17, 1977
- Place
- Ft Lauderdale, FL · FT LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N757BECessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770917039439A
- Case key
- 144138
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3946 77/9/17 FT LAUDERDALE,FL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 50, 10 TOTAL TIME - 1045 N757BE PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT LAUDERDALE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757BE
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Lauderdale
N757BERegistration cancelled Dec 3, 2022 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N757BE · 1
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