# Accident 19790811020509A: Cessna 152, Clements, KS, August 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Clements, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3000° N, 96.7408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clements, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3000&lon=-96.7408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89876, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89876-2008-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 59 total, 54 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79DCQ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811020509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF ON PRIVATE STRIP. HIT SMALL FENCE ROW, VEERED OFF RUNWAY. ABORTED TAKE OFF. HIT FENCE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC79DCQ42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79DCQ42), Aug 11, 1979: Cessna 152 (N89876), Clements, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N89876 (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930708036119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930708036119I), Jul 8, 1993: Cessna 152 (N89876), Blackshear, GA, Minor damage. Pilot became ill in flight. Precautionary landing in field. Illness was dehydration.
- [Accident 19830725035299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830725035299A), Jul 25, 1983: Cessna 152 (N89876), Holton, KS, Substantial damage. Crash occurred during emergency landing after engine quit from fuel exhaustion.
- [Incident 19830213013489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830213013489I), Feb 13, 1983: Cessna 152 (N89876), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. Bounced and porpoised on landing in gusty wind. Damaged nose wheel and propeller.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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