Cessna 152 N5183P

Summary

On 5 August 2001 at about 22:00 local time, a Cessna 152 registered N5183P was involved in an accident near Denison, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

5 August 2001 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Denison, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

McKeon Aviation (8F8)

Coordinates

33.7491, -96.5606

Aircraft

Cessna 152

Registration

N5183P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Other Work Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Dennison → Denison

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW01LA174

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff, which resulted in a runway overrun.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was departing from a grass airstrip. The pilot stated that he initiated a "short field takeoff," and the airplane lifted off of the ground between 800 and 1,000 feet down the 1,800-foot runway. The airplane was between 10 and 30 feet agl when he "detected an abnormal running sound of an engine." He aborted the takeoff and, subsequently, the airplane overran the end of the runway and contacted an embankment. The pilot-rated passenger reported that it took "a while for the airspeed to come to life," and when the airplane finally lifted off of the ground, the pilot decided that the airplane wouldn't clear trees and aborted the takeoff. The passenger added that the following conditions existed: "high temperature, full fuel, two occupants, no flaps, no run-up, short grass strip." The density altitude was calculated to be 3,545 feet.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.