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| Date: | Monday 16 January 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Cessna 150L |
| Owner/operator: | Northen Avn Ltd |
| Registration: | N19031 |
| MSN: | 15074108 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean, between Shirley, NY, and Danielson, CT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Shirley, NY |
| Danielson, CT | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off (presumed destroyed) when when missing en route between Shirley, New York and Danielson, CT. Pilot killed. Presumedditched into the western Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States. Aircraft damage & injury to pilot (sole person on board) presumed, as no trace of the aircraft or the pilot was ever found.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: NYC78FA025 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=47130&key=0&queryId=e9ec896a-eb50-4963-96c8-b1c132a7ca43&pgno=39&pgsize=200
2. http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=19031
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Mar-2015 02:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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