# Incident 19970906025639I: Cessna 152, Wawasee, IN, September 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1997, 17:30 local time
- Place: Wawasee, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4239° N, 85.6958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wawasee, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4239&lon=-85.6958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6566P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6566P) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,423 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 144 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970906025639I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, STUDENT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. INSTRUCTOR WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER AND AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN CORNFIELD NEXT TO THE RUNWAY. PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE AND ACCORDING TO WITNESS STATEMENT, BOTH THE OCCUPANT (INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT ) WERE NOT INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N6566P (2)

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

- [Accident 20090118000579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090118000579A), Jan 18, 2009: Cessna 152 (N6566P), Wachula, FL, Substantial damage. Cessna, 152, N6566P, experianced an engine failure during climb out, climbing through 7200’. Pilot made an emergency landing off airport. During roll out the…
- [Accident 19830612027689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830612027689A), Jun 12, 1983: Cessna 152 (N6566P), Milwaukee, WI, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing. Left the runway and struck the windsock pole. Claims passenger stepped on a brake pedal.

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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