Cessna 150J N50913

Summary

On 1 January 1985 at about 16:30 local time, a Cessna 150J registered N50913 was involved in an accident near Dublin, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 January 1985 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Dublin, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

34.6591, -78.7402

Aircraft

Cessna 150J

Registration

N50913

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Elizabethtown → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL85LA075

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ACFT LOST POWER IN CRUISE FLIGHT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND IN AN OPEN FIELD. HE ABORTED THE APPROACH BECAUSE OF A TAILWIND AND FLEW ALONG A RIVER FOR APRX 1 MILE BEFORE DITCHING IN THE WATER. THE ACFT SANK IN THE RIVER AND THE PLT SWAM TO SHORE. THE ACFT WAS NOT RECOVERED FROM THE RIVER AND CAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS WAS NOT DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.