UNK64X0566

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 150 · Chicago, IL · February 14, 1964

Accident · FatalClosed
Date
February 14, 1964
Place
Chicago, IL · CHICAGO, IL
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Uncontrolled descent
Aircraft
N2030ZCessna 150
Status
Completed · report April 14, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
185823

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0966  64/2/14  NR.CHICAGO ILL        CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 842
        TIME - 1640                    N2030Z              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- A/C NOT LOCATED-BELIEVED TO HAVE SANK IN LAKE MICH. PILOTS BODY RECOVERED 4/27/64 FROM LAKE.

Aircraft

Registration
N2030Z
Reported as
Cessna 150
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.