Cessna 150M accident near Holly Springs, MS
On July 14, 2000, a Cessna 150M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Holly Springs, MS. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 14, 2000
- Place
- Holly Springs, MS
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.769°N, 89.441°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001212X21531
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On July 14, 2000, between 1756 and 2001 central daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N9249U, registered to a private individual, operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, crashed about 250 yards south of the Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport, Holly Springs, Mississippi, under unknown conditions. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed and the private-rated pilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The flight departed Houston's Hooks Airport sometime on the morning of July 14th and Monroe, Louisiana, at 1355 the same day, and it is not known if the flight landed at another field between the Monroe departure and the crash. There were no records of the pilot of N9249U contacting any FAA Flight Service Station for flight plan, weather, or airport information. According to Memphis Air Route Traffic Control radio transcripts, N9249U had radioed Memphis Approach Control radar requesting flight following to the Holly Springs Airport at 1749, at an altitude of 2,000 feet msl. The flight was given a transponder squawk for identification, confirmed its altitude, and positively identified by Memphis radar as being 25 miles south of the Holly Springs Airport. At 1756, Memphis radar gave the flight a frequency change, to which N9249U acknowledged, but did not contact Memphis again. According to Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, the first ELT "merge", (a composite of the first two ELT transmissions) was picked up at 2001. According to Mississippi Civil Air Patrol personnel, they were notified by
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to maintain control while maneuvering the aircraft due to impairment as a result of use of illegal drugs, and the subsequent collision with the terrain during an uncontrolled descent.
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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.
