# Accident 20060512010809A: Cessna 150L, Suwannee, GA, May 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2006, 11:56 local time
- Place: Suwannee, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1094° N, 84.1564° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1094&lon=-84.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1715Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1715Q-2013-07-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150L (registry code 2071826, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150L
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 16,660 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA078) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060512010809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N1715Q HAD TAKEN OFF FROM MATHIS AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 21 AND TURNED LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER OF A MILE FROM THE AIRPORT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WITNESSES AT THE AIRPORT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT SOUND AS IF IT WAS MAKING TAKE-OFF RPM AND THAT THE TAKE OFF DISTANCE WAS LONGER THAN NORMAL. WITNESSES ALSO STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS ONLY 50 FEET ABOVE THE TREES AS IT CLIMBED OUT. WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE A CROSSWIND FROM THE NW AT 11 MPH GUSTING TO 22 MPH.

## 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 ATL06FA078](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06FA078), May 12, 2006: Cessna 150L (N1715Q), Cumming, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to consider the appropriate aircraft performance data prior to takeoff, and his improper use of the wing flaps during takeoff, which resulted in reduced climb performance and an…

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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