Cessna 150J accident near Piedmont, SC
On February 11, 1995, a Cessna 150J (airplane) was involved in an accident near Piedmont, SC. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- February 11, 1995
- Place
- Piedmont, SC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150J · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.710°N, 82.459°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X02921
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On February 11, 1995, at 1618 eastern standard time, a Cessna 150J, N607BB, collided with terrain following a loss of aircraft control at Piedmont, South Carolina. The student pilot was fatally injured, and the aircraft was destroyed. The aircraft was operated under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91 by Donaldson Air Services, Inc. Visual meteorological conditions existed at the time, and no flight plan was filed for the solo-instructional flight. The flight originated in Greenville, South Carolina about 1545. Several witnesses observed the accident aircraft performing low passes over a residential area, shortly prior to the accident. One witness (a certificated pilot) heard a low flying aircraft over his house, seconds before the accident. He stated that the engine sounded normal, and it sounded like the airplane was "pulling out of a dive." He also stated that the airplane "vibrated his house" as it flew over, and it appeared that the pilot was "buzzing" the houses. Another witness was outside, feeding his horses, at the time of the accident. His property was adjacent to where several pieces of aircraft windshield were found. He reported that the aircraft "came down buzzing" the neighborhood. He saw the aircraft in a dive, then it pulled straight up, then this was repeated. He did not hear the aircraft again. Another witness had just returned from his house after jogging. His house was on Heritage Road, adjacent to where the windshield fragments were located. He recalled that about 4:30 p.m., the aircraft made a "low dive, just over the house", and the air
Probable cause
The pilot's inappropriate 'buzzing' that resulted in exceeding the airplane's design stress limits, the failure of the windshield, and the pilot's subsequent loss of control and impact with the ground.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
