# NTSB LAX83LA402: Cessna 152, N25593, Douglas, AZ, August 22, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 22, 1983, 16:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place: Douglas, AZ
- Coordinates: 31.540401, -109.460906 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5404&lon=-109.4609&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23828
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA402
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23828/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA402

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - weather evaluation - inattentive, pilot in command (cause)
  - lift-off - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE ESTIMATED TO BE 65 DEGREES BEFORE IT STALLED AT ABOUT 30 FT AGL. THE RIGHT WING DROPPED AND THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND ABOUT 250 FT WEST OF THE RWY SKIDDED ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND DID A CARTWHEEL. THE TAKEOFF WAS ON RWY 28 AND THE REPORTED WIND WAS FROM 090 DEGREES AT 20KTS GUSTING TO 30 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N25593](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25593-2012-09-12), registration cancelled 2012-09-12, S/N 15280753, built 1977 (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: 17280753
- Airframe hours: 2314
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Walter A. Rosenfield, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Utility
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 25, 1983
- Airport: DGL, Douglas Muni, runway 18, 4,900 × 100 ft, dirt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 191 total, 122 in this make and model, 103 as pilot in command

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DUG, 9 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 19830822042749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830822042749A), Aug 22, 1983: Cessna 152, Douglas, AZ, Substantial damage. Aircraft was pulled into nose high atitude after lift off causing stall and crash.

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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