# Accident 20000608008889A: Cessna 150G, Oxford, MS, June 8, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 8, 2000, 18:09 local time
- Place: Oxford, MS
- Airport: University-Oxford
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3495° N, 89.5198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3495&lon=-89.5198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3711J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3711J-2000-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150G (registry code 2071816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150G
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL00FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000608008889A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OXFORD AIRPORT (UOX), WITH A STUDENT PILOT IN LEFT SEAT AND CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT, ON A LOCAL TRAINING FLIGHT. WITNESSES STATED AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL TAKE-OFF AND AT APPROXIAMTELY 300 FEET ALTITUDE AGL, AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS OVER THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 09, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY TO THE LEFT WITH WING PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND, THEN FELL COUNTER CLOCK WISE TOWARDS THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 358 FEET OFF THE END AND TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 09 AT A SMALL HILL.  THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED.  TWO FATALITIES.                               (.4) ON JUNE 8, 2000, AT  1809 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150G, N3711J, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND AND BURST INTO FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 09 AT THE UNIVERSITY/OXFORD COUNTY AIRPORT IN OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS OPERATED BY THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF  TITLE14 CFR PART 91 WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. VISUAL WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED, AND THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE  FLIGHT DEPARTED OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, AT 1808.             FRIENDS OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT HE AND THE STUDENT PILOT WERE PLANNING REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND PRACTICE TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES NEAR THE ACCIDENT SITE, THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED OXFORD AND CLIMBED TO APPROX. 400 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE ENGINE LOST POWER. AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 09, THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A STEEP LEFT TURN AND LOST ALTITUDE. EYEWITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A NOISE LOW ATTITUDE, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND 100 YARDS LEFT OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 09, AND BURST INTO FLAMES.

## 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 ATL00FA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL00FA061), Jun 8, 2000: Cessna 150G (N3711J), Oxford, MS, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The certified flight instructor's failure to maintain airspeed during climbout.

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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