# Accident 20030925028799A: Cessna 152, Three Oaks, MI, September 25, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2003, 16:45 local time
- Place: Three Oaks, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.8197° N, 86.5975° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8197&lon=-86.5975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25787, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25787-2017-07-20) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030925028799A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TREES SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND AFTER MAKING A 90 DEGREE TURN FROM THE TAKEOFF DIRECTION. WITNESS STATEMENTS INDICATED THAT THE PILOT WAS PLANNING TO "BUZZ" THE HOUSE BEFORE DEPARTING THE AREA. PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED FROM THE IMPACT. WITNESS REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A RIGHT STEEP TURN WHEN THE NOSE DROPPED AND HIT THE TREES.

## 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 CHI03FA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03FA320), Sep 25, 2003: Cessna 152 (N25787), Three Oaks, MI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining adequate airspeed resulting in a stall during takeoff. Contributing factors were the buzzing flight and trees.

## Other reports on N25787 (1)

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

- [Accident 19990109000289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990109000289A), Jan 9, 1999: Cessna 152 (N25787), Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Acft missed approach, struck a snowbank, clipped the right wing, and bent the propeller. (-23) on January 9, at 1410 CST, a Cessna 152, N25787, being flown by…

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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