# NTSB OAK67A0048: Cessna 150, N5653E, San Jose, CA, November 5, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 5, 1966
- Place: San Jose, CA · SAN JOSE, CA
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120620
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK67A0048
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK67A0048

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0968   66/11/5   SAN JOSE CALIF      CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             STUDENT, AGE 21, 31 TOTAL
        TIME - 1659                    N5653E              PX-  0  0  0  TRAINING                  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN JOSE MUNI.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PLT JUMPED FROM ACFT IN FLT. NO EVIDENCE PREIMPACT ACFT MALFUNCTION.THROTTLE LOCKED CLSD,FLAPS DWN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5653E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5653E-1970-06-08), registration cancelled 1970-06-08, S/N 17153 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: San Jose Muni.

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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