# NTSB UNK64X3567: Cessna 150, N139SF, Fillmore, CA, August 23, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 23, 1964
- Place: Fillmore, CA · FILLMORE, CA
- Location: 34.3990° N, 118.9175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fillmore, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3990&lon=-118.9175&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 29, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182659
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3567
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3567

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0644  64/8/23  NR.FILLMORE CALIF     CESSNA 150          CR-  2  0  0  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1230                    N139SF              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 26, 591 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            511 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PILOT ENGAGED IN CANYON FLYING CONTRARY TO FLIGH CURRICULUM AND SAFE PRACTICES. FOUND-08/23/64.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N139SF](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N139SF-1965-06-22), registration cancelled 1965-06-22, S/N 17140 (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

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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