# Accident 20010909024699A: Cessna 150M, South St Paul, MN, September 9, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 2001, 08:45 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: South St Paul Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8797° N, 93.0390° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8797&lon=-93.0390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6142K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6142K) (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
- Pilot certificates: Student
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010909024699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT PILOT INITIATED A SOLO FLIGHT ON RUNWAY 16 AT SOUTH SAINT PAUL AIRPORT (KSGS). AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AGL. AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND ON THE LEFT EDGE OF THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAT PROCEEDED ON THE GROUND RUNNING OFF OF THE RUWAY ONTO THE GRASS, CROSSING A TAXIWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, FOLDING REARWARD, AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ISSUED A LETTER FROM MSP FSDO THAT HE IS NOT TO FLY SOLO UNTIL HE HAS RECEIVED INSTRUCTION AND AN ENDORSEMENT FROM A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. (.19) ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2001, AT 0845 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N6142K, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING TAKEOFF ROLL WHEN IT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 16 (4001 FEET BY 100 FEET, ASPHALT) AT THE SOUTH ST. PAUL AIRPORT/FLEMING FIELD (SGS), SOUTH ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. THE SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING FROM SGS AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS INTENDING TO PRACTICE TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI01LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA311), Sep 9, 2001: Cessna 150M (N6142K), South St. Paul, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot failed to maintain directional control. A factor was his lack of total flight experience.

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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