# NTSB CHI92LA075: Cessna 152, N68430, Zenda, WI, January 19, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 19, 1992, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Zenda, WI
- Coordinates: 42.510726, -88.489349 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5107&lon=-88.4893&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15382
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA075
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15382/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA075

## Probable cause

DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE PILOT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: A GUSTY SURFACE WIND CONDITION AND LACK OF TOTAL EXPERIENCE BY THE PILOT.

## 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
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - roll/run

## Analysis

THE PILOT SAID DURING THE TAKEOFF, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO DROP AND CONTACT THE TERRAIN. THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT, CARTWHEELED AFTER STRIKING AN EMBANKMENT, THEN CAME TO REST AGAINST A TREE. THE SURFACE WINDS WERE 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N68430 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282267
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Beloit Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Unknown, January 2, 2000
- Airport: Private, runway 18, 2,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 34; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 56 total, 47 in this make and model, 13 as pilot in command, 32 in the last 90 days, 9 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 17 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft overcast
- Observed at: JVL, 20 nm away

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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