Cessna 150M accident near Banning, CA
On June 2, 2017, a Cessna 150M (airplane) was involved in an accident near Banning, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 2, 2017
- Place
- Banning, CA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 150M · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.924°N, 116.871°W
- NTSB ID
- 20170603X00247
Official records · WPR17FA118
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On June 2, 2017, about 1130 Pacific daylight time, a Cessna 150M, N66117, was substantially damaged when it impacted terrain shortly after takeoff from Banning Municipal Airport (BNG), Banning, California. The flight instructor was fatally injured, and the student pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by Aerotech Academy Inc., under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight, which originated from Redlands Municipal Airport (REI), Redlands, California about 1045. According to the student pilot who was working toward his private pilot certificate, he and the flight instructor were flying the accident airplane that day due to a scheduling issue with the Cessna 152 that he typically flew. A weather briefing was accomplished before the flight. After departure from REI, they climbed the airplane to 4,000 ft mean sea level (msl) where they conducted airwork; the wind was calm at altitude. The instructor then asked the student to return to BNG, to perform a touch-and-go landing. Upon arriving at BNG, they entered a right traffic pattern for runway 26 and proceeded to land. The student reported that they landed hard, and though the wind was gusting, they continued the takeoff. He reported that, after takeoff, and when the airplane drifted right of the runway centerline, he had the flight instructor take control of the airplane. The student's last memory of the event was the airplane impacting trees along the freeway that
Probable cause
The flight instructor's decision to continue the takeoff in gusting tailwind and high density altitude conditions, which significantly reduced airplane performance, and his subsequent exceedance of the airplane's critical angle of attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at low altitude.
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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.
