# NTSB NYC78FA025: Cessna 150, N19031, Missing Aircraft, January 16, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1978
- Place: Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 13, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 147515
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC78FA025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FA025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0353  78/1/16    MISSING AIRCRAFT    CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 35, 40 TOTAL
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N19031              PX-  0  0  0  SOLO                      HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SHIRLEY,NY                  DANIELSON,CT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- ACFT DMG & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N19031](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19031-1982-09-16), registration cancelled 1982-09-16, S/N 15074108 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (registry code 2071826) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19780116005479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780116005479A), Jan 16, 1978: Cessna 150L, Missing Aircraf, NY. Acft dmg & injury index presumed.

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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