- Date
- August 8, 1968
- Place
- Orient Point, NY · ORIENT POINT, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N4529UCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108629
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4067 68/8/8 ORIENT POINT,NY CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 35, 280 TIME - 1600 N4529U PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- TESTING USE OF CHUTE TO LOWER ACFT IN EMGCY.PLT BAILED OUT WHEN RELEASE FAILED.ACFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4529U
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4529URegistration cancelled Jun 16, 1976 · Cessna 150DAirframe modelCessna 150DEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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