# NTSB CHI82DA309: Cessna 152, N25325, Boyceville, WI, August 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 12, 1982, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Boyceville, WI
- Location: 45.0428° N, 92.0385° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boyceville, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0428&lon=-92.0385&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 12, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA309

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff
  - aborted takeoff - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command
- Nose over, takeoff
  - object (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N25325), registered now, S/N 15280596, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15280596
- Airframe hours: 2552
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820812038089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820812038089A), Aug 12, 1982: Cessna 152, Boyceville, WI, Substantial damage. Student pilot aborted takeoff, lost directional control and aircraft flipped inverted.

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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