- Date
- May 28, 1990, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bad Axe, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4754BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900528017579A
- Case key
- 14676
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot to abort the takeoff with sufficient runway to stop the aircraft. Contributing to the accident is a lack of total flying experience.
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.
Analysis
Pilot attempted soft field takeoff from wet grass strip. Aircraft became airborne and settled back to runway. Pilot decided to abort takeoff. Aircraft began to slide on wet grass when pilot applied brakes. Pilot added power in an attempt to get airborne again and struck roadway berm off departure end of runway. Aircraft flipped over into ditch on other side of runway. Substantial damage to aircraft. No injuries to pilot or passenger.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4754B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283617
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Douglas Alston
- Registered owner
- Alan W. Engler
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 10, 1989
- Airport
- NONE · Engler Field
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 81 total · 81 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 52 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.