- Date
- May 4, 1984, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Ft Atkinson, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N25583Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840504015769A
- Case key
- 12600
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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 - in flight
Trim setting - not correctedCause
TotalCause
Aircraft service - inadequateCause
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Analysis
The acft stalled during a short field takeoff after a landing during which full up trim was used. The student plt did not use a checklist or reset the trim prior to takeoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25583
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280747
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Air Watertown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 2, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- RYV · Watertown, WI
- Airport
- 61C · Ft Atkinson Municipal, runway 21, 2,160 × 200 ft, grass/turf
N25583Registration cancelled Sep 12, 2012 · Cessna 152Airframe modelCessna 152Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 40 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.