# NTSB MIA82DA062: Cessna 150, N2741J, Huma Cao, PR, March 2, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: March 2, 1982, 18:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place: Huma Cao, PR
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 2, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA062
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71112/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA062

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DEPARTED AT OR NEAR SUNSET ON A 30 MINUTE AEROBATIC FLIGHT AND DID NOT RETURN. DURING THAT PERIOD, AN AIRCRAFT MATCHING ITS DESCRIPTION WAS OBSERVED TO CRASH NEAR BY IN THE OCEAN WHILE THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING AEROBATICS. A WITNESS OBSERVED THAT TWO OBJECTS CAME FROM THE AIRCRAFT JUST PRIOR TO THE CRASH. HE THOUGHT THE OBJECTS MAY HAVE BEEN A DOOR AND THE PILOT, BUT HE WAS NOT SURE. TWO DAYS LATER, PARTS OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT MATCHED THE MISSING PLANE, WASHED ASHORE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2741J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2741J-1984-07-24), registration cancelled 1984-07-24, S/N A1500579 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna A150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a150m) (registry code 2071831) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: A1500579
- Airframe hours: 3048
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A48 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Navy Roosevelt Roads Flying Cl
- Registered owner: Navy Roosevelt Roads Flying Cl
- Departed: NRR, ROOSEVELT ROADS, PR
- Destination: NRR, ROOSEVELT ROADS, PR
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,800 total, 500 in this make and model, 1,200 as pilot in command, 48 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: NRR, 8 nm away

## 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 19820302000609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820302000609A), Mar 2, 1982: Cessna 150M, Naguabo, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. Aircraft was observed performing aerobatics and then diving into ocean. No reason determined.

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

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