- Date
- June 6, 1981
- Place
- Key Largo, FL · KEY LARGO, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8252FCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810606030599A
- Case key
- 125756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1648 81/6/6 KEY LARGO,FL CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 320 TIME - 1800 N8252F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KEY LARGO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEY LARGO,FL FORT LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PLT STATED ENG LOST PWR.OBSD FLYING LOW W ENG OPERG NORMALLY BFR ACDNT.PLT HAD 3 BEERS BFR TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8252F
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Key Largo
N8252FRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Cessna 150FAirframe modelCessna 150FEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.