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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Elizabethville, PA · August 31, 2009

Date
August 31, 2009 · 18:30 local
Place
Elizabethville, PA
Airport
Harman Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N69124
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09CA504
Reported as
Cessna 152
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
97 total97 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Pilot reported that after takeoff rotation, aircraft would not attain positive rate of climb. Pilot electd to abort takeoff and landed straight ahead beyond runway 26 threshold, in a soybean field.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT AFTER TAKEOFF ROTATION, AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ATTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB. PILOT ELECTD TO ABORT TAKEOFF AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD BEYOND RUNWAY 26 THRESHOLD, IN A SOYBEAN FIELD.

NTSB investigation

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