- Date
- August 12, 1982, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Boyceville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N25325Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 12, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820812038089A
- Case key
- 70015
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Aborted takeoff - performedFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
ObjectFactor
Analysis
Solo student pilot on 2nd takeoff after a delay aborted the takeoff. During abort he lost control and ground- looped into a pile of logs. The aircraft then nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25325
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280596
- Airframe hours
- 2,552
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Ellefson
- Registered owner
- William Palus
- Departed
- W120 · Boyceville, WI
- Destination
- W120 · Boyceville, WI
- Airport
- W120 · Boyceville, runway 22, 2,750 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 38 total · 3 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 158 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EAU, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.