# Accident 20000714006949A: Cessna 150M, Holly Springs, MS, July 14, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2000, 18:51 local time
- Place: Holly Springs, MS
- Airport: Holly Springs-Marshall County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7691° N, 89.4409° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7691&lon=-89.4409&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9249U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9249U-2002-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 69 total, 16 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000714006949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C CRASHED NOSE DOWN APPROX. 725 FEET FROM END OF RUNWAY. (.4) ACCORDING TO FAA MEMPHIS AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL TRANSCRIPTS, THE AIRPLANE RADIOED APPROACH CONTROL RADAR AT 1748 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME REQUESTING VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING TO THE HOLLY SPRINGS AIRPORT. AFTER IDENTIFYING THE FLIGHT, THE CONTROLLER ASSIGNED THE FLIGHT A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY, BUT THEY DID NOT HEAR FROM N9429U AGAIN. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE CRASH. AIR FORCE RESCUE COORDINATION CENTER, LANGLEY, PICKED UP ELT TRANSMISSIONS SOUTH OF THE HOLLY SPRINGS AIRPORT AT 2001 AND ALERTED MISSISSIPPI CIVIL AIR PATROL AT 0300. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED AT 0745 ON JULY 15, 2000. AIRCRAFT, ENGINE AND ALL ASSOCIATED COMPONENTS REVEALED NO SIGNS OF MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. PROPER FUEL AND LUBRICATION WERE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE CRASH SITE. SEVENTY-NINE POUNDS OF MARIJUANA AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WERE FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE. THE FAA TOXICOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE PILOT REVEALED HE HAD RECENTLY USED THREE DIFFERENT ILLEGAL RECREATIONAL DRUGS, AND WAS IMPAIRED BY THE EFFECTS OF THE LEVELS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND THE MDMA FOUND.

## 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 MIA00FA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA217), Jul 14, 2000: Cessna 150M (N9249U), Holly Springs, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain control while maneuvering the aircraft due to impairment as a result of use of illegal drugs, and the subsequent collision with the terrain during an uncontrolled…

## Other reports on N9249U (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820207001599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820207001599I), Feb 7, 1982: Cessna 150M (N9249U), Huntsville, TX. Student pilot on round robin, unable to refuel, got lost on last leg of flight, ran out of fuel. Landed on road.

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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