# NTSB OAK69A0038: Cessna 150F, N8998S, Fremont, CA, December 19, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1968
- Place: Fremont, CA · FREMONT, CA
- Location: 37.5483° N, 121.9886° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fremont, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5483&lon=-121.9886&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 4, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192032
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69A0038
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69A0038

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4831  68/12/19 NR.FREMONT,CALIF      CESSNA 150F         CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1415                    N8998S              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 28, 390 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            179 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY SAILING
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- OBSERVED TO SPIN INTO BAY WITH NO RECOVERY ATTEMPT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8998S](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8998S-1970-06-11), registration cancelled 1970-06-11, S/N 15062298 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150F
- Registry model: [Cessna 150F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150f) (registry code 2071814) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Sky Sailing

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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