- Date
- February 4, 1976
- Place
- Bridgeport, CT · BRIDGEPORT, CT
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N248QCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760204005119A
- Case key
- 152884
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0255 76/2/4 NR.BRIDGEPORT,CT CESSNA 150 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6000 TIME - 0908 N248Q PX- 0 0 0 DUAL TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IGOR I SIKORSKY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER 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 MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- MAYDAY RCVD FM ACFT,4 MILES FM CONNECTICUT SHORE.RECOVERY DATE 4/18/76.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N248Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Igor I Sikorsky
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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.