# Accident 20240625008989A: Cessna 150B, Swan'S Island, ME, June 25, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2024, 17:50 local time
- Place: Swan'S Island, ME
- Airport: Banks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1655° N, 68.4291° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1655&lon=-68.4291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7340X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7340X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150B (registry code 2071806, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 541 total, 405 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA278) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240625008989A

## Narrative

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

SWANS ISLAND, ME (ME5) 06/25/2024 @ 1750L: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, C150, CRASHED INTO SEVERAL TREES ON DEPARTURE AT END OF RWY 10.   PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  AIRCRAFT DAMAGE: SUBSTANCIAL.

## 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 ERA24LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA278), Jun 25, 2024: Cessna 150 (N7340X), Swans Island, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s delayed decision to abort the landing. Contributing was his decision to land downwind.

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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