Cessna 150M N45648

Summary

On 22 July 1987 at about 00:30 local time, a Cessna 150M registered N45648 was involved in an accident near Edmund, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 July 1987 at 00:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Edmund, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Falcon Field (SC24)

Coordinates

33.9790, -81.2194

Aircraft

Cessna 150M

Registration

N45648

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

ATL87LA221

1 person had minor injuries.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CFI STATED THAT HE WAS HAVING THE PRE SOLO STUDENT MAKE A CROSSWIND LDG AFTER AN HOURS PRACTICE AT ANOTHER APT. THE STUDENT WAS USING THE SLIP METHOD TO CORRECT FOR THE CROSSWIND. TOUCHDOWN WAS WITH A SIDE LOAD ON THE GEAR AND THE ACFT BOUNCED. THE CFI STATED THAT HE CALLED FOR FULL PWR AND EITHER HE OR THE STUDENT APPLIED IT. HE CALLED FOR THE FLAPS TO BE RETRACTED TO 20 DEGREES AND NOTED THAT THE STUDENT HAD LEFT THE SWITCH UP. THE CFI SET SOME FLAPS AND THOUGHT THEY HAD CLRD THE TREES WHEN HE HEARD THE ACFT BRUSH LIMBS. THE ACFT SETTLED INTO THE TREES AND CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.