# NTSB Accident ERA26LA023
> **CESSNA 152** · 2025-10-23 · St. Augustine, FL, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA26LA023
- **Event ID:** 20251027201924
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-10-23
- **Location:** St. Augustine, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.978317, -81.350533
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** CESSNA
- **Model:** 152
- **Registration:** N95005
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The student pilot’s failure to properly set the elevator trim prior to takeoff, which resulted in her inability to effectively control the airplane’s pitch and a collision with trees at the end of the runway during initial climb.

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