# Accident 20080613839419A: Cessna 150L, Summerville, SC, June 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2008, 19:24 local time
- Place: Summerville, SC
- Airport: Summerville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0494° N, 80.1896° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0494&lon=-80.1896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5471Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5471Q) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 300 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA162) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080613839419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED SUMMERVILLE AIRPORT (DYB) ONJUNE 13, 2008 AT 1924 LOCAL TIME, ON RUNWAY 24.  AT THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POEWR.  THE PILOTED MANIPULATED THE THROTTLE WHICH CAUSED A RETURN TO ENGINE POWER AND THE ENGINE STOPPED AGAIN.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND BEYOND THE AIRPORT FENCE AND BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED LARGE TREES.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD OF BRUSH, ON A HEADING OF 180 DEGREES.  THE LEFT GEAR WAS BROKEN OFF THE AIRACRAFT AND CAME TO REST ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET BEHIND THE AIRCRAFT.  THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT UNDER THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE ENGINE COWL RESTING ON THE GROUND.  ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT AFT, WITH NO EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS ROTATING AT IMPACT.  THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING THREE FEET OF THE OUTBOARD WING AND DAMAGING THE SPAR.  THE FORCE OF THE RIGHT WING IMPACT PUSHED THE INBOARD TRAILING EDGE OF THE WING INTO THE FUSELAGE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE TOP AND SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AND TO THE WING.  NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE RIGHT FUEL TANK, THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS ABOUT 1/3 FULL.

## 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 CHI08LA162](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA162), Jun 13, 2008: Cessna 150L (N5471Q), Summerville, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N5471Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19730409007799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730409007799A), Apr 9, 1973: Cessna 150L (N5471Q), Advance, NC, Minor damage. Drg prop pull through lost balance and fell into prop.

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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