OPELOUSAS, LA, USA
N89575
CESSNA 152
AFTER ABORTING 3 TKOFS FROM A SHORT GRASS STRIP THE PLT DECIDED THE GRASS WAS TOO LONG. AFT MOWING THE GRASS AND AN ADDITIONAL AREA TO EXTEND THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP THE PLT TOOK OFF ALONE TO SEE IF THE LENGTH WAS SUITABLE FOR TAKOF. THE PLT THEN LNDD AND ATMPTD TKOF WITH A PAX ONBOARD. THE PLT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO CLIMB ABV 50 FT AFT TKOF AND WHILE ATMPTG TO AVOID PWR LINES COLLIDED WITH A TREE. HE ALSO ADDED THAT HE SHOULD HAVE DELAYED HIS DEPARTURE UNTIL THE TEMP DECREASED AND ESTIMATED IT TO BE ABT 90 DEGREES.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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