- Date
- November 5, 1977
- Place
- Sugarloaf Key, FL · SUGARLOAF KEY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51027Cessna 150J
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771105043629A
- Case key
- 144336
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4267 77/11/5 NR.SUGARLOAF,KEY,FL CESSNA 150J CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 807 TIME - 2045 N51027 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 214 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT LAUDERDALE,FL SUGARLOAF,KEY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- WHILE CLIMBING FROM 300FT PAX LEANED FORWARD & ACFT BANKED L,CONTACTED WATER INVERTED L WING LOW.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51027
- Reported as
- Cessna 150J
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N51027 · 1
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