Cessna 150M accident near Moncks Corner, SC
On July 7, 2015, a Cessna 150M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Moncks Corner, SC. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 7, 2015
- Place
- Moncks Corner, SC
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.161°N, 79.991°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150707X22207
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 7, 2015, about 1101 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N3601V, and a Lockheed Martin F-16CM, operated by the US Air Force (USAF), collided in midair near Moncks Corner, South Carolina. The private pilot and passenger aboard the Cessna died, and the Cessna was destroyed during the collision. The damaged F-16 continued to fly for about 2 1/2 minutes, during which the pilot activated the airplane's ejection system. The F-16 pilot landed safely using a parachute and incurred minor injuries, and the F-16 was destroyed after its subsequent collision with terrain and postimpact fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was filed for the Cessna, which departed from Berkeley County Airport (MKS), Moncks Corner, South Carolina, about 1057, and was destined for Grand Strand Airport, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The personal flight was conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91. The F-16 was operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan and had departed from Shaw Air Force Base (SSC), Sumter, South Carolina, about 1020. Air Force F-16 According to the USAF, the F-16 pilot was assigned as pilot-in-command for a single-ship, operational check flight to verify the completion of recent corrective maintenance. The flight itinerary included practice instrument approaches at Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), South Carolina, and Charleston Air Force Base/International Airport (CHS), Charleston, South Carolina, before returning to SSC. Since the flight wa
Probable cause
The approach controller's failure to provide an appropriate resolution to the conflict between the F-16 and the Cessna. Contributing to the accident were the inherent limitations of the see-and-avoid concept, resulting in both pilots' inability to take evasive action in time to avert the collision.
From Wikipedia
On July 7, 2015, an F-16 fighter jet operated by the United States Air Force collided in-flight with a private Cessna 150 single-engine light aircraft over Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States. Both occupants of the Cessna were killed; the pilot of the F-16 ejected safely.
The subsequent investigation found that the local air traffic control unit had failed to ensure adequate separation between the two aircraft.
Text from Wikipedia, “2015 Moncks Corner mid-air collision”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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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.
