- Date
- September 9, 1992, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Scotland, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N67836Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920909035739A
- Case key
- 15542
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Probable cause
The pilot's delay in aborting a takeoff attempt after failing to attain flying speed during a takeoff ground run.
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
The pilot of the accident airplane landed off airport to attend a family picnic. When he attempted a downwind uphill takeoff from the 900 foot long area the airplane did not accelerate to flying speed. After failing to liftoff the pilot attempted to abort the takeoff. The airplane collided with a dirt embankment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67836
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282047
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Raf Flying Services Inc
- Registered owner
- Eagle Creek Avn. Serv. Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- I14 · Indianpolis, IN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 660 total · 125 in this make and model · 470 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BMG, 25 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.