# NTSB ERA25LA252: Cessna 150, N150TP, Pelzer, SC, June 29, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: June 29, 2025, 09:15 local (13:15 UTC) - Place: Pelzer, SC - Coordinates: 34.604001, -82.414979 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6040&lon=-82.4150&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report November 14, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200445 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA252 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200445/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200445 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA252 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed while landing on a short, down-sloping turf runway, which resulted in a noseover. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) - [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Cessna 150D, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2071810), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was landing on the private turf runway for the first time. The airplane was on stabilized approach to the 2,400-ft-long but was “a little fast.” The pilot fully extended the airplane’s flaps and touched down about one-third down the runway. About halfway down the runway, the grade steepened downward. The pilot elected not to perform a go-around due to powerlines and trees at the end of the runway. He attempted to stop the airplane on the remaining runway with braking, but when he realized that the airplane would likely overrun the runway, he “made the decision to flip the plane to arrest the forward motion.” The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted on the runway resulting in substantial damage to the empennage and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N150TP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N150TP), registered now, S/N 15060535, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 150 (D) - Registry model: [Cessna 150D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150d) (registry code 2071810) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 15060535 - Year built: 1964 - Airframe hours: 4636 - Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 27, 2025, 1 hours before - Departed: LQK, Pickens, SC - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: SC82, Oakhill Airpark, runway 28, 2,400 × 100 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Handheld GPS, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 50; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 13, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 157 total, 29 in this make and model, 97 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 70 °F - Altimeter: 30.11 inHg - Observed at: GYH, 9 nm away - METAR: METAR KGYH 291247Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 26/21 A3011= ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250629008019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250629008019A), Jun 29, 2025: Cessna 150D, Pelzer, SC, Substantial damage. Airman was on approach to a grass field. Airman stated that he was a little fast and had landed about 1/3 of the way down the strip then hit a high spot about… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 14, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200445. 2.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18988132&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photograph (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1 photo, 364 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18987301&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photograph-Rel.pdf 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. 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