Cessna 150E N4081U

Summary

On 30 October 1987 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna 150E registered N4081U, operated by Mena, John D., was involved in an accident near Aguadilla. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 October 1987 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Aguadilla

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 150E

Registration

N4081U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Mena, John D.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Aguadilla → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

MIA88FA023

2 people died.

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT MANEUVERING A LOW ALT OVER OCEAN WATER NEAR A SHORELINE. THEY SAW IT PULL UP SHARPLY TO CLEAR A COMMERCIAL BOAT DOCK, THEN NOSE OVER & IMPACT THE WATER IN A NOSE LOW, RGT WING LOW ATTITUDE. THE ACFT SANK & CAME TO REST IN 30' OF WATER. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND. TOXICOLOGY CHECKS SHOWED THE PLT HAD A BLOOD/ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.13% & A URINE/ALCOHOL LVL OF 0.20%. THE ACFT OWNER FILED AN ACFT THEFT RPRT AFTER THE ACDNT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.