19880228005639A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 172N · Oxford, IA · February 28, 1988

Date
February 28, 1988 · 10:00 local
Place
Oxford, IA
Airport
Green Castle Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
CSDA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5816E
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC88FA058
Reported as
Cessna 172N
Reported engine
Lycoming O320H2AD
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
4
Pilot’s flight hours
83 total27 in this make and model8 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Premature takeoff mid field on uphill paved portion of runway. Wobbled clearing trees then stalled clearing wires.

As the FAA filed it

PREMATURE TAKEOFF MID FIELD ON UPHILL PAVED PORTION OF RUNWAY. WOBBLED CLEARING TREES THEN STALLED CLEARING WIRES.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.