# NTSB Accident WPR17FA118
> **CESSNA 150M** · 2017-06-02 · Banning, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR17FA118
- **Event ID:** 20170603X00247
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2017-06-02
- **Location:** Banning, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 33.923889, -116.871109
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 150M
- **Registration:** N66117
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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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