ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 360442
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| Date: | Monday 23 May 1994 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 152 |
| Owner/operator: | Sky Harbor Air Service, Inc. |
| Registration: | N80812 |
| MSN: | 152-85368 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7056 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Harlan, IA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Omaha, NE (KOMA) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ABORTED THE SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WHEN THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT BECOME AIRBORNE AT A PREDETERMINED POINT ON THE RUNWAY. ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTOR, THE AIRPLANE SLID SLIGHTLY ON THE WET, GRASS RUNWAY AFTER THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO IDLE AND THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED HEAVILY. IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT THE PROPELLER FROM STRIKING A FENCE LOCATED AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE INSTRUCTOR STEERED THE AIRPLANE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A FENCE POST, BENDING THE TAIL TO THE LEFT. NO PREIMPACT MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES WERE REPORTED.
Probable Cause: the delayed remedial action by the flight instructor. A factor related to the accident was the wet runway surface.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI94LA170
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Mar-2024 07:22 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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