- Date
- October 14, 1977
- Place
- Cedar Key, FL · CEDAR KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9116UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report December 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771014035899A
- Case key
- 144575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3431 77/10/14 CEDAR KEY,FL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 90 TOTAL TIME - 2148 N9116U PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEWIS AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SMYRNA BEACH,FL CEDAR KEY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION OVERSHOOT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT .069%
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9116U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lewis Airport
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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 N9116U · 1
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