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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Zenda, WI · January 19, 1992

Date
January 19, 1992 · 11:50 local
Place
Zenda, WI
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N68340
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming O235L2C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
56 total46 in this make and model32 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.

Lost control on takeoff due to crosswind gust. Struck embankment and cartwheeled into trees.

As the FAA filed it

LOST CONTROL ON TAKEOFF DUE TO CROSSWIND GUST. STRUCK EMBANKMENT AND CARTWHEELED INTO TREES.