# Accident 20140814018629A: Cessna 150M, Mt Pleasant, SC, August 14, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2014, 11:25 local time
- Place: Mt Pleasant, SC
- Airport: Mt Pleasant Regional-Faison Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9042° N, 79.7861° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9042&lon=-79.7861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66241, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N66241-2014-11-03) (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 MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14FA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA387) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140814018629A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2014, ABOUT 1125 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150M, N66241, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM MOUNT PLEASANT REGIONAL AIRPORT-FAISON FIELD (LRO), MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA. THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT AND NON-PILOT RATED STUDENT WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY HANGER AVIATION, INC. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRPLANE BEGAN ITS TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 35 WITH "40 DEGREES OF FLAPS." MULTIPLE WITNESSES STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE LIFTED OFF THE GROUND ABOUT MIDFIELD AND THAT IT "IMMEDIATELY LOOKED UNSTABLE." A WITNESS ADDED THAT THE WINGS WERE BANKING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT. WHEN THE AIRPLANE REACHED AN ALTITUDE ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, IT ENTERED A CONTINUOUS LEFT TURN AND SUBSEQUENTLY ROLLED WINGS LEVEL ON A WESTERLY HEADING. THE AIRPLANE THEN ENTERED A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY A RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE AND WAS IN A "STRAIGHT DOWNWARD DIVE" WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND.

DURING THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE FLAP WERE FOUND TO BE FULL UP.

ACCORDING TO FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) RECORDS, THE PILOT HELD A COMMERCIAL PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING FOR SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE LAND. THE PILOT HELD A FIRST-CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WHICH WAS ISSUED ON MAY 25, 2011 AT WHICH TIME HE REPORTED 275 TOTAL FLIGHT HOURS. A REVIEW OF FAA RECORDS REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT HOLD A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.

## 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 ERA14FA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14FA387), Aug 14, 2014: Cessna 150 (N66241), Mount Pleasant, SC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The commercial pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and impact with terrain. Contributing to the commercial…

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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