Accident Cessna 150J N50913, Tuesday 1 January 1985

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Date:	Tuesday 1 January 1985
Time:	12:30 LT
Type:	Cessna 150J
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N50913
MSN:	15069637
Year of manufacture:	1969
Total airframe hrs:	2927 hours
Engine model:	Continental O-200-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Dublin, NC - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Elizabethtown, NC
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

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.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation: