# Accident 19920523016249A: Cessna STC150, Myrtle Beach, SC, May 23, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1992, 14:15 local time
- Place: Myrtle Beach, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7104° N, 78.8860° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Myrtle Beach, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7104&lon=-78.8860&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6209R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6209R-2013-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150E (registry code 2071812, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA STC150
- Reported engine: LYC O320A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 60 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920523016249A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CRASHED INTO OCEAN DURING BANNER TOW.BLAMED WAKE TURBULENCE OF OTHER BANNER TOW AIRCRAFT PASSING TOO CLOSE ON RIGHT

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ATL92LA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA105), May 23, 1992: Cessna 150E (N6209R), N.Myrtle Beach, SC, destroyed. Probable cause: THE OSTENTATIOUS DISPLAY OF THE PIPER CUB'S PILOT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE'S PILOT TO LOOSE CONTROL AND CRASH.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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