# Accident 20160817016629A: Cessna 152, Belle Plaine, MN, August 17, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2016, 14:00 local time
- Place: Belle Plaine, MN
- Airport: A.R.S. Sport Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6572° N, 93.7789° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6572&lon=-93.7789&mi=10
- Aircraft: N631TK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N631TK-2023-10-20) (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: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 974 total, 295 in this make and model, 161 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA437) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160817016629A

## Narrative

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

A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS PROVIDING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF TRAINING TO A STUDENT PILOT ON TURF RUNWAY.  ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO BOUNCE AND BECAME AIRBORN.  THE AIRCRAFT APPEARS TO HAVE BANKED TO THE RIGHT, STRUCK THE RIGHT WING TIP ON THE GROUND.  THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK THE GROUND CAUSING NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER DAMAGE.

## 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 GAA16CA437](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA437), Aug 17, 2016: Cessna 152 (N631TK), Belle Plaine, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper pitch technique after rotation during a short field take off, which resulted in the right wing impacting the ground and a nose gear collapse.

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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