# NTSB UNK65X0589: Cessna 150, N5621E, Hopewell Jct, NY, November 7, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 7, 1964
- Place: Hopewell Jct, NY · HOPEWELL JCT, NY
- Location: 41.5802° N, 73.8116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hopewell Junction, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5802&lon=-73.8116&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 17, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181017
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0589
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0589

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3416   64/11/7   HOPEWELL JCT NY     CESSNA 150          CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1345                    N5621E              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 32, 660 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            160 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
        REMARKS- STUDENT MAKING A SIMULATED FORCED LANDING.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5621E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5621E-2012-08-27), registration cancelled 2012-08-27, S/N 17121, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (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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