# NTSB CHI81FEC24: Cessna 182, N5552B, Tecumseh, MI, May 17, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 17, 1981
- Place: Tecumseh, MI · TECUMSEH, MI
- Location: 42.0061° N, 83.9445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tecumseh, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0061&lon=-83.9445&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 7, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126730
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI81FEC24
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEC24

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1068  81/5/17    TECUMSEH,MI         CESSNA 182          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 25, 553
        TIME - 1430                    N5552B              PX-  0  0  4  PARAJUMP-SPORT            TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AL MEYERS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TECUMSEH,MI                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     TAKEOFF: ABORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5552B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5552B-2013-04-22), registration cancelled 2013-04-22, S/N 33552, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Al Meyers

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19810517026049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810517026049A), May 17, 1981: Cessna 182, Tecumseh, MI, Substantial damage. Slow acceleration. Aborted takeoff too late. Ran off end of runway into trees. Airplane near gross. Short runway.

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.

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