# NTSB CHI92LA247: Cessna 152, N68741, Houghton Lake, MI, August 16, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 16, 1992, 14:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: Houghton Lake, MI
- Coordinates: 44.309951, -84.759857 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3100&lon=-84.7599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 15523
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI92LA247
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/15523/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92LA247

## Probable cause

A PREMATURE LIFT-OFF.

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - lift-off - premature, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - aborted takeoff - attempted, pilot in command(cfi)
- Nose over, takeoff - aborted
  - terrain condition - soft

## Analysis

THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF TO STUDENT. THE AIRPLANE BECAME AIRBORNE BUT WOULD NOT CLIMB OR ACCELERATE OUT OF GROUND EFFECT. THE INSTRUCTOR ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, BUT THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND NOSED OVER IN A BLUEBERRY BOG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N68741](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68741-1995-10-10), registration cancelled 1995-10-10, S/N 15282350 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282350
- Airframe hours: 5360
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Oakland Southwest Aviation
- Registered owner: Oakland Southwest Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 30, 1992, 82 hours before
- Departed: TVC, TRAVERSE CITY, MI
- Destination: Y47
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: HTL, Roscommon County, runway 18, 2,425 × 80 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: right; flight hours: 7,475 total, 1,543 in this make and model, 5,446 as pilot in command, 154 in the last 90 days, 70 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HTL, 1 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 19920816031399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920816031399A), Aug 16, 1992: Cessna 152, Houghton Lake, MI, Substantial damage. Demonstrating soft field takeoff made premature lift off. Aborted due unable to climb. Settled off end. Nosed over.

## Other investigations on N68741 (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI86LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA113), Oct 29, 1985: Cessna 152 (N68741), Greenville, MI, substantial damage

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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