# NTSB UNK65X0929: Cessna 140, N81089, New Smyrna Be, FL, December 5, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 5, 1964
- Place: New Smyrna Be, FL · NEW SMYRNA BE, FL
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 15, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0929
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0929

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0984   64/12/5 NR.NEW SMYRNA BE FLA  CESSNA 140          CR-  1  0  0  COMMERCIAL                NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 15,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N81089              PX-  1  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      13 TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
                                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- AIRCRAFT DAMAGE / INJURY INDEX PRESUMED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N81089](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81089-1965-05-21), registration cancelled 1965-05-21, S/N 10383, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071603) (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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