# NTSB CHI87LA206: Cessna 152, N67795, Phillips, WI, August 30, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 29, 1987, 19:45 local (Aug 30, 1987, 00:45 UTC)
- Place: Phillips, WI
- Coordinates: 45.690406, -90.389457 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6904&lon=-90.3895&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 6, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI87LA206
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA206

## 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
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

DURING THE TAKEOFF PHASE OF A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, STRUCK A DITCH AND OVERTURNED. THE STUDENT'S INSTRUCTOR, WHO WAS A WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT STATES THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THERE WAS A SQUEALING OF TIRE ON THE RUNWAY AND SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED A SKID MARK FROM THE LEFT TIRE. THIS INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT: 'THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THE PILOT INADVERTENTLY HAD HIS FOOT ON THE LEFT BRAKE THROUGHOUT THE TAKEOFF ROLL'.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67795](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67795-2007-04-17), registration cancelled 2007-04-17, S/N 15282024, 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: 15282024
- Airframe hours: 790
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lugino D. Dalessandro
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, September 1, 1986
- Departed: D27, PHILLIPS, WI
- Airport: D27, Price County, runway 24, 3,950 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; student; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 27 total, 27 in this make and model, 1 as pilot in command, 27 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: AUW, 57 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 19870829048589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870829048589A), Aug 29, 1987: Cessna 152, Phillips, WI, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of the aircraft on takeoff. Departed the runway. Struck a ditch and nosed over.

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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