19790521022679A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cessna 152 · Greenville, MS · May 21, 1979

Date
May 21, 1979 · 17:25 local
Place
Greenville, MS
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N25356
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA79FA087
Reported as
Cessna 152
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
138 total16 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Observed aircraft buzzing area, pulled up in vertical climb at low altitude. Stalled. Dived into ground.

As the FAA filed it

OBSERVED AIRCRAFT BUZZING AREA, PULLED UP IN VERTICAL CLIMB AT LOW ALTITUDE. STALLED. DIVED INTO GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.