# Accident 19890729025639A: Cessna A152, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1989, 17:40 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7610A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7610A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna A152 (registry code 2071836, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-a152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA A152
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890729025639A

## Narrative

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

DRAGGED A WING AFTER SNAP ROLL ON TAKEOFF. CARTWHEELED AND CRASHED. LIGHT RAIN AND FOG WERE FACTORS AND PILOT ERROR

## 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 CHI89FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89FA151), Jul 29, 1989: Cessna A152 (N7610A), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S POOR JUDGEMENT, AND POOR EVALUATION OF THE WEATHER DUE TO SELF INDUCED PRESSURE AND OVERCONFIDENCE IN HIS PERSONAL ABILITY. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION'S…

## Other reports on N7610A (1)

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

- [Incident 19810915073539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810915073539I), Sep 15, 1981: Cessna A152 (N7610A), Swanton, OH, Minor damage. Pilot lost control, on landing the aircraft went up on its nose.

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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