# Accident 20150723014849A: Cessna 150M, Apopka, FL, July 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2015, 20:08 local time
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Airport: Orlando Apopka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.7072° N, 81.5817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7072&lon=-81.5817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704SB-2018-06-08) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,150 total, 30 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA220) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150723014849A

## Narrative

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

PIC STATED HE DEPARTED ORLANDO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KORL) IN CESSNA  N704SB, A CE-150M,  ON THURSDAY 07/23/2015, AT 19:30LT. AFTER FLYING OVER LAKE APOPKA HE DECIDED TO PERFORM TOUCH & GO EXERCISE AT ORLANDO APOPKA AIRPORT (X04). FOLLOWING A TOUCH & GO ON RUNWAY 33 DURING THE TAKEOFF CLIMB SEVERAL BIRDS CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONE OF THE BIRDS HIT THE AIRFRAME, THE STALL WARNING CAUTION  ALARMED AND THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE POWER JUST PASSED THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE REMAINDER OF THE RUNWAY RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTING WITH A DUNE PAST THE END OF THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AND FLIPPING OVER ONTO THE AIRCRAFT TOP.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY UNBUCKLED THE HARNESSES, TURNED OFF THE ELECTRICAL AND FUEL SYSTEMS AND AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES.

THE APOPKA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED WITHIN 30 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED AND LEFT AT THE IMPACT SITE, OFF OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.

THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE RUNWAY NOR ITS SURROUNDING AREA

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED POSSIBLY UNREPAIRABLE.

## 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 GAA15CA220](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA220), Jul 23, 2015: Cessna 150M (N704SB), Apopka, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Following a bird strike during takeoff, the pilot's decision to land without sufficient runway remaining to safely stop the airplane, which resulted in an over-run, collision with terrain, and nose…

## Other reports on N704SB (1)

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

- [Accident 19880828035519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828035519A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna 150M (N704SB), Killeen, TX, Destroyed. Collided with power lines short of the runway and crashed inverted.

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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