# NTSB CHI83LA207: Cessna 152, N69057, Smithfield, OH, May 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1983, 19:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Smithfield, OH
- Coordinates: 40.269859, -80.780494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2699&lon=-80.7805&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12169
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA207
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12169/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA207

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff
  - light condition - dusk (contributing factor)
  - touch-and-go - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - object - animal(s) (cause)
  - maneuver - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD BEEN PRACTICING TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS. ON ABOUT THE 6TH OR 7TH TOUCH-AND-GO, HE APPLIED POWER TO TAKEOFF WHEN A GROUP OF DEER CROSSED THE RWY. HE STEERED TO THE LEFT TO AVOID THE ANIMALS, WENT OFF THE RWY, HIT A LARGE MOUND OF DIRT, THEN THE ACFT NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69057](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69057-2005-03-01), registration cancelled 2005-03-01, S/N 15282466, built 1978 (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: 15282466
- Airframe hours: 1973
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Ohio Valley Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: Unknown, June 2, 1982, 1,946 hours before
- Departed: HLG, WHEELING, WV
- Airport: 44D, Smithfield, runway 33, 3,500 × 65 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,247 total, 450 in this make and model, 2,149 as pilot in command, 200 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HLG, 10 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 19830510018659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830510018659A), May 10, 1983: Cessna 152, Smithfield, OH, Substantial damage. A group of deer ran across the runway during a takeoff. Veered off edge of runway to avoid deer. Hit embankment.

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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