- Date
- July 9, 1986, 12:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N761UACessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860709031549A
- Case key
- 13484
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot stated that he was practicing soft field takeoffs on a grass strip. He aborted his first attempt to make an intersection takeoff. On his second try, he thought he could get airborne, but did not. The aircraft struck an embankment near the FAR end of the runway. Afterwards, the pilot stated that he should have used proper soft field takeoff techniques as well as all of the available runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N761UA
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A15220986
- Airframe hours
- 1,539
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Frickelton Aviation Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 7, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Airport
- C29 · Morey, runway 36, 2,260 × 135 ft, grass/turf
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
- 18
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 63 total · 63 in this make and model · 24 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 8 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.
Other investigations on N761UA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.