- Date
- July 3, 1985, 18:25 local (23:25 UTC)
- Place
- Elkhorn, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65562Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703037689A
- Case key
- 13121
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateFactor
Stall/mush - uncontrolledCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Hard landing
Analysis
The acft collided with the terrain during a low alt maneuver. The plt said that he allowed the airspeed to dissipate during a turn and before he could recover the acft hit the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65562
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281620
- Airframe hours
- 6
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fra Enterprises, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Fox River Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- C52 · Burlington, WI
- Airport
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,715 total · 9 in this make and model · 2,550 as pilot in command · 103 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 30 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.