# Accident 20090831049129A: Cessna 152, Elizabethville, PA, August 31, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: Elizabethville, PA
- Airport: Harman Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5231° N, 76.8456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5231&lon=-76.8456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69124, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69124-2011-01-25) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 97 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA504](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA504) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090831049129A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA09CA504](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA504), Aug 31, 2009: Cessna 152 (N69124), Harrisburg, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s delayed decision to abort the takeoff, resulting in an overrun.

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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