# Accident 19780730020449A: Cessna 152, Owensboro, KY, July 30, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1978
- Place: Owensboro, KY
- Airport: Owensboro-Daviess
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 37.7388° N, 87.1668° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL (OWB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7388&lon=-87.1668&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24334, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24334-1990-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11 total, 11 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78DLQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780730020449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SETTLED AFTER LIFTOFF.T/D L SIDE OF RWY,REPORTEDLY HIT HOLE,NOSEDR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD78DLQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78DLQ28), Jul 30, 1978: Cessna 152 (N24334), Owensboro, KY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N24334 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890518012239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890518012239A), May 18, 1989: Cessna 152 (N24334), Hinckley, OH, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. Landed in a plowed field and nosed over. Failed to use lean mixture per flight manual.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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