# NTSB CHI84LA025: Cessna 152, N66937, Harrisburg, IL, October 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 14, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Harrisburg, IL
- Coordinates: 37.730426, -88.539268 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7304&lon=-88.5393&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12482
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA025
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12482/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA025

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - touch-and-go - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT NOSED OVER DURING TAKEOFF ROLL WHILE ON A SOLO TRAINING FLT. THE PILOT APPLIED TOO MUCH RIGHT RUDDER THEN OVER COMPENSATED WITH LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE. THE ACFT WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY INTO SOFT MUD AND NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N66937 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15281673
- Airframe hours: 2144
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Brown Aviation
- Registered owner: Charles Midyett
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Airport: HSB, Harrisburg, runway 24, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 25 total, 25 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## 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 19831014054809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831014054809A), Oct 14, 1983: Cessna 152, Harrisburg, IL, Substantial damage. Student over corrected on compensating for torque on takeoff. Aircraft ran off the runway and overturned.

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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