# NTSB CHI89LA182: Cessna 152, N4841P, Newark, IL, September 11, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 10, 1989, 19:30 local (Sep 11, 1989, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Newark, IL
- Location: 41.5195° N, 88.6056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CUSHING FLD LTD (0C8), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5195&lon=-88.6056&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 16, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89LA182
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89LA182

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE SUPERVISION BY THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) AND HIS DELAY IN ABORTING THE TAKEOFF. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: MALFUNCTION OF THE FLAP SYSTEM, WHICH RESULTED IN AN IMPROPER FLAP SETTING FOR TAKEOFF, AND THE SOFT RUNWAY CONDITION.

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff
  - flight control,flap - failure,partial (contributing factor)
  - raising of flaps - not attained, dual student (contributing factor)
- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - not attained
  - terrain condition - high obstruction(s)
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - dirt bank/rising embankment

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4841P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4841P-2012-06-21), registration cancelled 2012-06-21, S/N 15284829, built 1980 (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: 15284829
- Airframe hours: 4309
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lumanair, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, August 14, 1989, 60 hours before
- Departed: 0C8
- Destination: ARR, AURORA, IL
- Airport: 0C8, Cushing Field, runway 36, 2,800 × 180 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 25; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 905 total, 350 in this make and model, 849 as pilot in command, 588 in the last 90 days, 137 in the last 30 days, 7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 70° at 6 knots, gusting 6
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ARR, 17 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 19890910034249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890910034249A), Sep 10, 1989: Cessna 152, Newark, IL, Substantial damage. Tried to takeoff from short soft grass strip flaps down. Lifted but unable to climb, aborted, hit fence and a ditch

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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