In article 4er8f.26$kj6.17@trndny03,
"Toks Desalu" wrote:

http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4038264

You'd a thunk he would have heard the old saw "No such thing as an
emergency takeoff".

A friend who used to run a flight school had a renter total a 152 pretty
much the same way. Landed on a road due to "engine trouble" then tried
to take off again. Clipped a sign and proceeded into the woods.