- Date
- September 20, 1979
- Place
- West Quincy, MO · WEST QUINCY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8240SCessna 150F
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790920030419A
- Case key
- 134908
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2893 79/9/20 WEST QUINCY,MO CESSNA 150F CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 175 TIME - 1740 N8240S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION QUINCY,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- ON PREVIOUS FLTS WITNESSES OBSERVED ACFT BUZZING GROUND OBJECTS & BOATS ON THE RIVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8240S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.