- Date
- January 30, 1973
- Place
- New York City, NY · NEW YORK CITY, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6284SCessna 150G
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730130001349A
- Case key
- 169477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0190 73/1/30 NEW YORK CITY,NY CESSNA 150G CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 28, 308 TIME - 1800 N6284S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 304 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PROVIDENCE,RI NEW MONMOUTH,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- DITCHED IN HUDSON RIVER,ACFT SANK,NOT RECOVERED.PLT SWAM ASHORE.ENG WOULD KEEP RUNNING WITH PRIMER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6284S
- Reported as
- Cessna 150G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N6284SRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 1976 · Cessna 150GAirframe modelCessna 150GEngine 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.