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| NTSB Identification: ATL01LA017. The docket is stored in the (offline) NTSB Imaging System. |
| Accident occurred Sunday, December 03, 2000 at CLEVELAND, TN |
| Aircraft: Cessna 152, registration: N5288P |
| Injuries: 2 Minor |
| Event: 20001218X45434 Status: Final Report Approved On Thursday, April 19, 2001 |
| NTSB Preliminary Narrative (6120.19A) |
| On December 3, 2000, at 1030 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N5288P, collided with the ground during a short field takeoff from |
| Hardwick Field Airport in Cleveland, Tennessee. The certified flight instructor (CFI) received serious injuries and the dual student received minor |
| injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight being conducted under Title 14 |
| CFR Part 91. The flight was originating from Cleveland, Tennessee, at the time of the accident. |
| The CFI reported that he and the student pilot had been conducting short-field takeoffs and, full-stop landing followed by a taxi back to runway |
| 21. The CFI stated that during the third takeoff, they experienced a total loss of engine power as they climbed through 100 feet. At this point the |
| CFI took control of the airplane from the dual student and initiated a forced landing. The airplane struck trees, nosed over, and collided with a |
| storage shed as the CFI maneuvered the airplane for the forced landing. The CFI stated that he elected the left maneuvering turn to avoid terrain |
| and other obstructions that were not suitable for a forced landing. |
| Examination of the accident site revealed that the airplane rested about 250 feet left of the runway edge. Examination of the airplane and the |
| engine assembly failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction of component failure. A review of weather data showed that conditions were |
| favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. |
| NTSB Final Narrative (6120.4) |
| The pilots had been conducting short-field takeoffs and, full-stop landing followed by a taxi back to runway 21. During the third takeoff, they |
| experienced a total loss of engine power as they climbed through 100 feet. The CFI initiated a forced landing. The airplane struck trees, nosed |
| over, and collided with a storage shed as he maneuvered the airplane for the forced landing. Terrain and other obstructions were unsuitable for |
| a forced landing. Examination of the airplane and the engine assembly failed to disclose a mechanical malfunction of component failure. A review |
| of weather data showed that conditions were favorable for the formation of carburetor ice. |
| NTSB Probable Cause Narrative |
| A loss of engine power during takeoff due to carburetor ice. A factor was unsuitable terrain. |
| Occurrences and Sequence of Events |
| Occurrence: 1, LOSS OF ENGINE POWER |
| Phase of Operation: TAKEOFF - INITIAL CLIMB |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 1 |
| 1 ( Cause ) WEATHER CONDITION / CARBURETOR ICING CONDITIONS / (0) |
| Occurrence: 2, FORCED LANDING |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
| Occurrence: 3, IN FLIGHT COLLISION WITH OBJECT |
| Phase of Operation: EMERGENCY DESCENT/LANDING |
| Sequence of Events for Occurrence Number: 3 |
| 2 ( Factor ) TERRAIN CONDITIONS / NONE SUITABLE / (0) |
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