Cessna 150 N150TP

Summary

On 29 June 2025 at about 13:15 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N150TP was involved in an accident near Pelzer, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

29 June 2025 at 13:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Pelzer, South Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

Oakhill Airpark (SC82)

Coordinates

34.6040, -82.4150

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N150TP

Category

Airplane

Year built

1964

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Pickens → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA252

1 person had minor injuries.

The pilot’s failure to maintain proper airspeed while landing on a short, down-sloping turf runway, which resulted in a noseover.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was landing on the private turf runway for the first time. The airplane was on stabilized approach to the 2,400-ft-long but was “a little fast.” The pilot fully extended the airplane’s flaps and touched down about one-third down the runway. About halfway down the runway, the grade steepened downward. The pilot elected not to perform a go-around due to powerlines and trees at the end of the runway. He attempted to stop the airplane on the remaining runway with braking, but when he realized that the airplane would likely overrun the runway, he “made the decision to flip the plane to arrest the forward motion.” The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted on the runway resulting in substantial damage to the empennage and vertical stabilizer. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.