# Accident 19790521022679A: Cessna 152, Greenville, MS, May 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1979, 17:25 local time
- Place: Greenville, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3833° N, 91.0521° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greenville, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3833&lon=-91.0521&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25356, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25356-2013-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 138 total, 16 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790521022679A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA79FA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA087), May 21, 1979: Cessna 152 (N25356), Greenville, MS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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