# Accident 19810606031929A: Cessna A152, Eldorado, KS, June 6, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 1981, 11:20 local time
- Place: Eldorado, KS
- Airport: Patty
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8004° N, 96.7990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PATTY FLD (9K6), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8004&lon=-96.7990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N761EL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N761EL-2013-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A152 (registry code 2071836, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 79 total, 53 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCQ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810606031929A

## Narrative

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

ABORTED TAKEOFF DUE TO POOR ACCELERATION. SLID OFF SIDE OF WET GRASS RUNWAY. NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED ON DROPPOFF.

## 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 MKC81DCQ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ40), Jun 6, 1981: Cessna A152 (N761EL), Eldorado, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N761EL (1)

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

- [Accident 19820722060422A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820722060422A), Jul 22, 1982: Cessna A152 (N761EL), Mercer Island, WA, Destroyed. Collided with a Cessna 172, N2428E. While descending to land at Boeing field. Was in tower contact. Evasive action.

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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