Aviation Accident Summary CHI92LA247

HOUGHTON LAKE, MI, USA

Aircraft #1

N68741

CESSNA 152

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.

Probable Cause and Findings

A PREMATURE LIFT-OFF.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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