- Date
- February 21, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mountville, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N757ERCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830221004679A
- Case key
- 35156
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The turf rwy was wet from melting snow with snowbanks on both sides. The plt decided to take off from the left side staying clear of mud. Acceleration was slower than normal due to the wet grass & as the plt tried to rotate a loud bang was heard. The plt could not get the acft off the ground & the flt was aborted. According to the plt the left main gear hit the snowbank on the left side of the rwy just after aborting causing the acft to swerve to the left. As directional control was lost the right wing tip contacted the ground & the nose gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757ER
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-79685
- Airframe hours
- 2,026
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J & J Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 11, 1982 · 92 hours before
- Airport
- 89N · Central Manor, runway 27, 2,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 728 total · 81 in this make and model · 583 as pilot in command · 56 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N757ER · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.