# NTSB NYC69D0235: Cessna 150, N4529U, Orient Point, NY, August 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1968
- Place: Orient Point, NY · ORIENT POINT, NY
- Location: 41.1523° N, 72.2512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orient Point, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1523&lon=-72.2512&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Emergency descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/600) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 23, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108629
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC69D0235
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC69D0235

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4529U-1976-06-16), registration cancelled 1976-06-16, S/N 15060529, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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