ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 266142
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| Date: | Friday 30 July 2021 |
| Time: | 09:24 |
| Type: |  Cessna 150F |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8520G |
| MSN: | 15062620 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4772 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | NW of Banning Municipal Airport (BNG/KBNG), Banning, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Redlands Municipal Airport, CA (KREI) |
| Banning Airport, CA (BNG/KBNG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 30, 2021, about 0930, a Cessna 150 airplane, N8520G, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Banning, California. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The commercial pilot and passenger completed several takeoffs and landings in the airport traffic pattern. They then departed to another airport, where they completed two takeoffs and landings. Shortly after turning onto the downwind leg of the traffic pattern before the third landing, at an altitude about 300 ft above ground level, the airplane entered a steep turn to the left and descended nose- and left-wing-low to ground contact.
A postaccident fire ensued that thermally damaged the fuselage and wings. Examination of the airframe and engine revealed no mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
The mother of the passenger reported that her son and the pilot were good friends. Her son had just purchased the airplane and was excited to learn how to fly. Review of flight track information indicated that the airplane’s altitude on the downwind leg of the traffic patterns throughout the flight was generally around 400 to 500 ft above ground level, and the airplane’s lateral distances from the runway during each pattern varied. Whether the pilot or passenger was controlling the airplane at the time of the accident could not be determined. Given the lack of mechanical anomalies, witness statements, and the orientation of the wreckage, the circumstances of the accident are consistent with an exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering at low altitude in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and impact with terrain.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://kesq.com/news/2021/07/30/two-dead-after-plane-crashes-in-banning/
https://abc7.com/plane-crash-banning-municipal-airport/10919643/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N8520G
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N8520G/history/20210730/1545Z/KREI/KBNG
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=abb125&lat=33.993&lon=-117.090&zoom=10.8&showTrace=2021-07-30&leg=2
Location
Images:
Photos: NTSB
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jul-2021 21:05 | Geno | Added |
| 30-Jul-2021 21:07 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Jul-2021 23:48 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Location, Nature, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2021 06:38 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Photo] |
| 31-Jul-2021 06:39 | harro | Updated [Registration] |
| 31-Jul-2021 17:19 | Anon. | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, Category] |
| 01-Aug-2021 06:25 | aaronwk | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2021 12:36 | Mnradio | Updated [Operator] |
| 02-Aug-2021 14:39 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2021 16:41 | Captain Adam | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2021 16:45 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 02-Aug-2021 20:41 | Captain Adam | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Aug-2021 07:58 | aaronwk | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 01-Oct-2021 13:38 | newforest | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Oct-2021 21:30 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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